The Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China is an

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of the

State Council of the People's Republic of China The State Council of the People's Republic of China, also known as the Central People's Government, is the chief administrative authority and national cabinet. It is constitutionally the highest administrative organ of the country and the e ...

responsible for managing water resources in

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. It is the 18th-ranking department of the State Council.

History

In 2018, some of the Ministry of Water Resources environmental policy functions were transferred to the newly created

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(MEE) as part of the

deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions The deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions ( zh, , p=Shēnhuà dǎng hé guójiā jīgòu gǎigé, s=深化党和国家机构改革) was a large-scale reform of the institutions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Peopl ...

, including responsibility over water function zoning and watershed protection. The Ministry of Water Resources also absorbed the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee and the South-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee.

Functions

The Ministry's duties include issuing water permits and fees, irrigation and drainage, conservation of water and soil, water technology, hydrology, flood control, drought relief, and international water issues and cooperation. It also directs the river basin authorities for six major river systems. There are several authorities responsible for water management in China.

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is the responsibility of the environmental authorities, but the water itself is managed by the Ministry of Water Resources. Sewage is administered by the

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, but groundwater falls within the realm of the Ministry of Land and Resources.

Leaders

The Ministry of Water Resources is directed by the Minister of Water Resources.

Organization

Administration

The Ministry of Water Resources consists of following departments and offices:The Ministry Of Water Resources Of The People'S Republic Of China
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Other agencies

* River Basin Commissions: ** Changjiang Water Resources Commission, located in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

** Yellow River Conservancy Commission, located in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine National central city, national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. Th ...

** Huai River Water Resources Commission, located in Bengbu ** Hai River Water Resources Commission, located in

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

** Pearl River Water Resources Commission, located in

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

** Songliao River Water Resources Commission, located in

Changchun Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin, Jilin Province, China, on the Songliao Plain. Changchun is administered as a , comprising seven districts, one county and three county-level cities. At the 2020 census of China, Changchun ha ...

** Taihu Basin Authority, located in

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ministry Of Water Resources Of The People's Republic Of China

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