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3 Water Resources Management Institutions
permit system, water resources fee system, water resources justification system,
and flood-control assessment system; and guiding water supply in the water sector
and in townships.
• Being responsible for water resource protection. Organizing the formulation
of water resource protection plans; organizing the formulation and supervising the implementation of water function zoning in major rivers and lakes;
reviewing pollution-loading capacities of water bodies and providing total pollutant discharge opinions; and guiding drinking water sources protection, groundwater resources development and use, groundwater resources management, and
protection in urban planning areas.
• Being responsible for flood control and drought resistance, including undertaking the daily operations of the national flood-control and drought-resistance
headquarter. Organizing, coordinating, supervising, and directing national floodcontrol and drought-resistance measures; implementing flood control, drought
contingency and emergency regulation in major rivers, lakes, and key water
projects; formulating and organizing the implementation of national emergency plans for flood control and drought resistance; and guiding emergency
management in the water sector.
• Being responsible for water-saving works. Drafting water-saving policies, formulating water-saving plans, developing relevant standards, and guiding and
promoting water-saving society construction.
• Guiding hydrological works. Being responsible for hydrological and water
resources monitoring, the construction and management of national hydrological
stations and networks; undertaking water quantity and quality monitoring of rivers,
lakes, and aquifers; and issuing hydrological and water resources information,
hydrological forecasts, and national water resources bulletins.
• Guiding the management and protection of water infrastructures, water bodies,
and shorelines. Guiding the harnessing and development of major rivers, lakes,
estuaries, and coastal beaches; guiding the construction and operation of water
projects; organizing the implementation of the construction and operation of key
or inter-province and inter-river basin projects; and managing the resettlement
work for water projects.
• Being responsible for controlling water and soil conservation. Formulating and
supervising the implementation of water and soil conservation plans; organizing
water and soil erosion comprehensive control, monitoring, forecasting, and periodic announcements; handling the approval, supervision of implementation, and
examination of water and soil conservation plans for key construction projects; and
guiding the implementation of national key water and soil conservation projects.
• Guiding rural water resources development and management. Organizing and
coordinating farmland irrigation development; guiding engineering construction
and the management of rural safe drinking water supply and water-saving irrigation; coordinating water resources development in pastoral areas; and guiding rural
water resources service system development. Guiding rural hydropower development in accordance with relevant provisions; rural electrification and small
hydropower development for firewood.
3 Water Resources Management Institutions
permit system, water resources fee system, water resources justification system,
and flood-control assessment system; and guiding water supply in the water sector
and in townships.
• Being responsible for water resource protection. Organizing the formulation
of water resource protection plans; organizing the formulation and supervising the implementation of water function zoning in major rivers and lakes;
reviewing pollution-loading capacities of water bodies and providing total pollutant discharge opinions; and guiding drinking water sources protection, groundwater resources development and use, groundwater resources management, and
protection in urban planning areas.
• Being responsible for flood control and drought resistance, including undertaking the daily operations of the national flood-control and drought-resistance
headquarter. Organizing, coordinating, supervising, and directing national floodcontrol and drought-resistance measures; implementing flood control, drought
contingency and emergency regulation in major rivers, lakes, and key water
projects; formulating and organizing the implementation of national emergency plans for flood control and drought resistance; and guiding emergency
management in the water sector.
• Being responsible for water-saving works. Drafting water-saving policies, formulating water-saving plans, developing relevant standards, and guiding and
promoting water-saving society construction.
• Guiding hydrological works. Being responsible for hydrological and water
resources monitoring, the construction and management of national hydrological
stations and networks; undertaking water quantity and quality monitoring of rivers,
lakes, and aquifers; and issuing hydrological and water resources information,
hydrological forecasts, and national water resources bulletins.
• Guiding the management and protection of water infrastructures, water bodies,
and shorelines. Guiding the harnessing and development of major rivers, lakes,
estuaries, and coastal beaches; guiding the construction and operation of water
projects; organizing the implementation of the construction and operation of key
or inter-province and inter-river basin projects; and managing the resettlement
work for water projects.
• Being responsible for controlling water and soil conservation. Formulating and
supervising the implementation of water and soil conservation plans; organizing
water and soil erosion comprehensive control, monitoring, forecasting, and periodic announcements; handling the approval, supervision of implementation, and
examination of water and soil conservation plans for key construction projects; and
guiding the implementation of national key water and soil conservation projects.
• Guiding rural water resources development and management. Organizing and
coordinating farmland irrigation development; guiding engineering construction
and the management of rural safe drinking water supply and water-saving irrigation; coordinating water resources development in pastoral areas; and guiding rural
water resources service system development. Guiding rural hydropower development in accordance with relevant provisions; rural electrification and small
hydropower development for firewood.