[1] MCDC has wide-ranging responsibilities, including city planning, land administration, tax collection, and urban development.

[1] MCDC raises its own revenues through tax collection, fees, licenses and property development.

[4] Mandalay Region Hluttaw enacted the new MCDC law in 2014 December.

MCDC was formed by the Mandalay Regional Government, and legally comprises 13 to 15 members, including a Chairman who acts as the Minister (Mayor), and a Vice-Chairman, who acts as the Vice-Mayor.

[4] In 2017, the Mandalay City Development Committee approved a public-private partnership with Mandalay Business Capital City Development Company (MBCCD), owned by Maung Weik, for a 10-year mega-development project in Amarapura, projected to include hotels, hospitals, schools, jetties, shopping centres, gardens and apartment buildings on a plot of 2,000 acres (810 ha) allocated by the Mandalay city government.