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3.4 MWR During Mar. 1988–Mar. 2018: From
Construction to Water Resources Management
In March 1988, the first session of the seventh NPC decided to revoke the MWP
and set up the MWR. Since then, the MWR has retained its organizational status,
although its functions have changed over time due to six governmental restructurings.
3.4.1 MWR During March 1988–March 1993
In March 1988, the MWR was the water administrative department of the State
Council, responsible for national water sector management. The agency’s key tasks
included implementing Water Law of PRC; strengthening macro-regulation and
control in policy, legislation, planning, coordination, and supervision; promoting
water resources comprehensive development, use, and protection; and strengthening
sectoral management of water infrastructure and activities. According to the State
Council’s mission statement, the MWR’s functions consisted of the following:
• Implementing the Water Law and organizing the formulation of water management administrative decrees.
• Overseeing national integrated water resources management and protection,
promoting water resources comprehensive development and use, organizing
the implementation of the water abstraction permit system, coordinating water
conflicts between sectors and provinces, and managing national water-saving
works.
• Organizing the formulation of water resources long-term and annual planning,
formulating national and inter-province long-term water supply and demand
planning with relevant departments, formulating inter-province water resources
allocation planning and water projects, and organizing the construction of key
projects.
• Overseeing comprehensive harnessing and development of major rivers, formulating river basin comprehensive planning for key rivers and transboundary rivers
with relevant departments of the State Council, and supervising implementation
of plans after approval.
• Managing hydropower development with key functions of flood control, irrigation, and water supply; handling rural hydropower development.
• Comprehensively developing rural and urban water resources, managing rural
and pastoral water resources development, along with county and township water
supply.
• Managing water bodies, bank lines, and water infrastructure of rivers, lakes,
reservoirs, coastal dykes and flood storage and detention zones with relevant
departments.
• Managing national flood-control and drought-resistance works, overseeing daily
operations of national flood-control and drought-resistance headquarters.
3 Water Resources Management Institutions
3.4 MWR During Mar. 1988–Mar. 2018: From
Construction to Water Resources Management
In March 1988, the first session of the seventh NPC decided to revoke the MWP
and set up the MWR. Since then, the MWR has retained its organizational status,
although its functions have changed over time due to six governmental restructurings.
3.4.1 MWR During March 1988–March 1993
In March 1988, the MWR was the water administrative department of the State
Council, responsible for national water sector management. The agency’s key tasks
included implementing Water Law of PRC; strengthening macro-regulation and
control in policy, legislation, planning, coordination, and supervision; promoting
water resources comprehensive development, use, and protection; and strengthening
sectoral management of water infrastructure and activities. According to the State
Council’s mission statement, the MWR’s functions consisted of the following:
• Implementing the Water Law and organizing the formulation of water management administrative decrees.
• Overseeing national integrated water resources management and protection,
promoting water resources comprehensive development and use, organizing
the implementation of the water abstraction permit system, coordinating water
conflicts between sectors and provinces, and managing national water-saving
works.
• Organizing the formulation of water resources long-term and annual planning,
formulating national and inter-province long-term water supply and demand
planning with relevant departments, formulating inter-province water resources
allocation planning and water projects, and organizing the construction of key
projects.
• Overseeing comprehensive harnessing and development of major rivers, formulating river basin comprehensive planning for key rivers and transboundary rivers
with relevant departments of the State Council, and supervising implementation
of plans after approval.
• Managing hydropower development with key functions of flood control, irrigation, and water supply; handling rural hydropower development.
• Comprehensively developing rural and urban water resources, managing rural
and pastoral water resources development, along with county and township water
supply.
• Managing water bodies, bank lines, and water infrastructure of rivers, lakes,
reservoirs, coastal dykes and flood storage and detention zones with relevant
departments.
• Managing national flood-control and drought-resistance works, overseeing daily
operations of national flood-control and drought-resistance headquarters.