Futian operates as a district-level administrative division under the jurisdiction of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. The district is subdivided into several subdistricts (jiedao), which manage local community affairs, sanitation, and neighborhood-level public services.
Because Futian is the administrative seat of Shenzhen, it hosts the highest concentration of government bodies in the city, centered around the massive Civic Center. The district government itself handles local public services, including primary and secondary education, local urban planning, district law enforcement, and business licensing.
Futian is represented in the Shenzhen Municipal People's Congress and operates under the broader political and legislative framework of Guangdong Province and the national government in Beijing.
