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level shall be responsible for the unified management and administration and supervision of the water resources within the corresponding administrative boundaries in
accordance with the prescribed authorities” (Article 12, 2002 Water Law).
The most significant revisions included in the 2002 Water Law are the definition of
water resources management institution as a combination of river basin management
and jurisdictional management, the clarification of the legal status of RBOs at the
national level, and the details of river basin management.
4.4.2 Functions and Structures of RBOs
Currently, there are six river basin commissions and one lake bureau under MWR
administration. Although there are several differences in the nature and extent of
these commissions’ authority and responsibility, in general, the functions of these
agencies are as follows (given Yellow River Water Resources Commission as an
example).
1
(1) Ensuring the rational development and utilization of water resources in the
river basin. Entrusted by MWR, organizing to formulate and supervising to
implement river basin and interprovincial river basins and lakes comprehensive
plan, related master plans; drafting water resources policies and regulations
for the river basins; organizing the preliminary work of river basin control
water projects, interprovincial key water projects, and central water projects;
according to the authorization, being responsible for review and approval of
relevant planning and central water projects, and the compliance review of
relevant water projects in the river basin; conducting technical reviews on local
large and medium-sized water projects; being responsible for proposing and
implementing annual investment plan for central water project, water resources
preparation work, and direct-managed infrastructure projects in the river basin;
and organizing and guiding post-assessment of relevant water resources plan
and construction projects within the river basin.
(2) Managing and supervising water resources, and comprehensively coordinating
domestic, productive, and ecological water use in the river basin. Being responsible for implementing and supervising “Yellow River Water Resources Regulation Management Regulation”; entrusted by the MWR to carry out investigation and evaluation of water resources and hydropower in the river basin
according to regulations; in accordance with regulations and authorizations,
organizing to formulate and implement interprovincial water resources allocation plans, river basin annual water resources regulation plan, and water
contingency plan; organizing to implement river basin total water abstraction control, water abstraction permit system, and water resources justification
system in the river basin; and conducting water resources regulation for river
basin and important water projects according to jurisdiction.
1 https://www.yrcc.gov.cn/zwzc/zjhw/znjg/201108/t20110810_26215.html.
4 River Basin Management
level shall be responsible for the unified management and administration and supervision of the water resources within the corresponding administrative boundaries in
accordance with the prescribed authorities” (Article 12, 2002 Water Law).
The most significant revisions included in the 2002 Water Law are the definition of
water resources management institution as a combination of river basin management
and jurisdictional management, the clarification of the legal status of RBOs at the
national level, and the details of river basin management.
4.4.2 Functions and Structures of RBOs
Currently, there are six river basin commissions and one lake bureau under MWR
administration. Although there are several differences in the nature and extent of
these commissions’ authority and responsibility, in general, the functions of these
agencies are as follows (given Yellow River Water Resources Commission as an
example).
1
(1) Ensuring the rational development and utilization of water resources in the
river basin. Entrusted by MWR, organizing to formulate and supervising to
implement river basin and interprovincial river basins and lakes comprehensive
plan, related master plans; drafting water resources policies and regulations
for the river basins; organizing the preliminary work of river basin control
water projects, interprovincial key water projects, and central water projects;
according to the authorization, being responsible for review and approval of
relevant planning and central water projects, and the compliance review of
relevant water projects in the river basin; conducting technical reviews on local
large and medium-sized water projects; being responsible for proposing and
implementing annual investment plan for central water project, water resources
preparation work, and direct-managed infrastructure projects in the river basin;
and organizing and guiding post-assessment of relevant water resources plan
and construction projects within the river basin.
(2) Managing and supervising water resources, and comprehensively coordinating
domestic, productive, and ecological water use in the river basin. Being responsible for implementing and supervising “Yellow River Water Resources Regulation Management Regulation”; entrusted by the MWR to carry out investigation and evaluation of water resources and hydropower in the river basin
according to regulations; in accordance with regulations and authorizations,
organizing to formulate and implement interprovincial water resources allocation plans, river basin annual water resources regulation plan, and water
contingency plan; organizing to implement river basin total water abstraction control, water abstraction permit system, and water resources justification
system in the river basin; and conducting water resources regulation for river
basin and important water projects according to jurisdiction.
1 https://www.yrcc.gov.cn/zwzc/zjhw/znjg/201108/t20110810_26215.html.