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13 Water Resource Assets Management Reform
The Guidance to Comprehensively Promote the Reform of the Natural Resource
Assets Property Rights System emphasizes the property rights system for natural
resources assets, particularly the ownership rights.
13.3 Reforms of the Management of Water Resource Assets
A key component of the reform of the natural resource assets is the reform of the
management of water resources assets, which is implemented along with the larger
reforms. However, water resources differ to an extent from other resources, such
as land and minerals. Water is a renewable and movable resource that changes
throughout the years, making it, therefore, difficult to determine the boundaries
between developed and non-developed resources. This makes the reform of water
resources assets different from that of other resources.
13.3.1 Institutional Reform
As discussed in Chap. 3, in the 2018 governmental restructure, the MNR was set up to
unify the practice of the ownership of publicly owned natural resource assets and to
decide on land use control and eco-restoration responsibilities; this was done to solve
the problems of the absent ownership of publicly owned natural resources and the
overlap in spatial plans. The management responsibility related to natural resources
investigation, rights clarification and registration from relevant departments such as
MWR, Ministry of Agriculture, National Forestry Administration, are merged to
MNR. Therefore, the key responsibility of MNR is to manage the development, use,
and protection of natural resources. It does so by implementing and supervising the
spatial planning system, exercising the ownership responsibilities of publicly owned
natural resources assets, and implementing a system to pay for the use of natural
resources.
At present, the MNR is structured into three professional departments that are directly
related to the management of natural resource assets:
Department of natural resources investigation and monitoring, which is responsible for formulating the indicator system and statistical standards for the investigation, monitoring, and evaluation of natural resources; regularly organizing to implement national natural resource basic surveys, dynamic monitoring, and analyzes;
carrying out special investigations; monitoring and evaluating water, forest, grassland, wetland resources, and geographical conditions; supervising the summarizing
the management, maintenance, publication, sharing, and utilization of the results on
the investigation, monitoring, and evaluation of natural resources.
13 Water Resource Assets Management Reform
The Guidance to Comprehensively Promote the Reform of the Natural Resource
Assets Property Rights System emphasizes the property rights system for natural
resources assets, particularly the ownership rights.
13.3 Reforms of the Management of Water Resource Assets
A key component of the reform of the natural resource assets is the reform of the
management of water resources assets, which is implemented along with the larger
reforms. However, water resources differ to an extent from other resources, such
as land and minerals. Water is a renewable and movable resource that changes
throughout the years, making it, therefore, difficult to determine the boundaries
between developed and non-developed resources. This makes the reform of water
resources assets different from that of other resources.
13.3.1 Institutional Reform
As discussed in Chap. 3, in the 2018 governmental restructure, the MNR was set up to
unify the practice of the ownership of publicly owned natural resource assets and to
decide on land use control and eco-restoration responsibilities; this was done to solve
the problems of the absent ownership of publicly owned natural resources and the
overlap in spatial plans. The management responsibility related to natural resources
investigation, rights clarification and registration from relevant departments such as
MWR, Ministry of Agriculture, National Forestry Administration, are merged to
MNR. Therefore, the key responsibility of MNR is to manage the development, use,
and protection of natural resources. It does so by implementing and supervising the
spatial planning system, exercising the ownership responsibilities of publicly owned
natural resources assets, and implementing a system to pay for the use of natural
resources.
At present, the MNR is structured into three professional departments that are directly
related to the management of natural resource assets:
Department of natural resources investigation and monitoring, which is responsible for formulating the indicator system and statistical standards for the investigation, monitoring, and evaluation of natural resources; regularly organizing to implement national natural resource basic surveys, dynamic monitoring, and analyzes;
carrying out special investigations; monitoring and evaluating water, forest, grassland, wetland resources, and geographical conditions; supervising the summarizing
the management, maintenance, publication, sharing, and utilization of the results on
the investigation, monitoring, and evaluation of natural resources.