China’s achievements of water governance over the past seven decades

ABSTRACT

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, great achievements have been made by China in all aspects of water governance. Besides water conservancy projects, a water resources management system with Chinese characteristics has also been completed. In this article, we summarize the achievements of the past 70 years in flood control, soil and water conservation and water supply, and introduce the water governance institutions of China that sustain those achievements. This provides valuable experience and ideas for other countries that are suffering from similar water issues.

KEYWORDS:

• Water governance
• flood control
• water supply
• soil and water conservation
• China

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Funding

This research was funded by the Strategic Priority Research Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA20010201].