16.3 Reform Progress
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Water
Construction
Environmental
protection
resources management
service regulation
environmental management
Water affair
Water affair
Environmental
protection
service regulation
service regulation
service regulation
environmental management
environmental management
environmental management
resources management
resources management
Government
Government
Government
Fig. 16.1 The organizational revolution of urban and rural water affair management reform in
China. Sources Shen and Jiang (2005). Permission granted by Shen and Jiang (2005) subject to
proper citation
planning, construction, servicing, and development of water resources, resulting in
uncoordinated plans, unsynchronized construction, and unintegrated regulation, as
well as unclarified responsibilities. Therefore, Shenzhen, after learning from the
experiences of Hong Kong, set up the WAB to incorporate water-related management
functions from the water resources bureau, urban management agency, planning
bureau, and construction bureau.
1
To improve water resources management, since 1999, the MWR has promoted
integrated urban and rural water affairs management all over the country. In May
2000, a WAB was set up in Shanghai, the largest city in China, as the first provincial
WAB.
In 2003, the Hainan Provincial Government decided to eliminate its provincial
water resources bureau and set up a provincial WAB, which was the second provincial
WAB after Shanghai. Unlike Shanghai, Hainan is a province with a high percentage
of agricultural water use. Prefectural and county WABs were set up in the province
at the same time as the WAB. The urban water supply and water-saving functions
previously within the provincial department of construction were shifted to WAB,
and the provincial WAB added functions for urban drainage and recycled water reuse.
1 https://mini.eastday.com/a/180724095534641.html.
347
Water
Construction
Environmental
protection
resources management
service regulation
environmental management
Water affair
Water affair
Environmental
protection
service regulation
service regulation
service regulation
environmental management
environmental management
environmental management
resources management
resources management
Government
Government
Government
Fig. 16.1 The organizational revolution of urban and rural water affair management reform in
China. Sources Shen and Jiang (2005). Permission granted by Shen and Jiang (2005) subject to
proper citation
planning, construction, servicing, and development of water resources, resulting in
uncoordinated plans, unsynchronized construction, and unintegrated regulation, as
well as unclarified responsibilities. Therefore, Shenzhen, after learning from the
experiences of Hong Kong, set up the WAB to incorporate water-related management
functions from the water resources bureau, urban management agency, planning
bureau, and construction bureau.
1
To improve water resources management, since 1999, the MWR has promoted
integrated urban and rural water affairs management all over the country. In May
2000, a WAB was set up in Shanghai, the largest city in China, as the first provincial
WAB.
In 2003, the Hainan Provincial Government decided to eliminate its provincial
water resources bureau and set up a provincial WAB, which was the second provincial
WAB after Shanghai. Unlike Shanghai, Hainan is a province with a high percentage
of agricultural water use. Prefectural and county WABs were set up in the province
at the same time as the WAB. The urban water supply and water-saving functions
previously within the provincial department of construction were shifted to WAB,
and the provincial WAB added functions for urban drainage and recycled water reuse.
1 https://mini.eastday.com/a/180724095534641.html.