On the morning of July 4, 2025, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the appropriate circumstance of comprehensively promoting the security and governance of rivers and lakes.
Leaders from the Ministry of Water Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission went to the conference and addressed concerns from the media.The Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Protection and Governance of Rivers and Lakes, provided by the General Offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, is an essential guiding file for Chinas river and lake protection and governance.
It is reported that the Opinions clarify the total requirements and advancement goals, intending to form a pattern in which rivers nurture the people, the people protect the rivers, and there is harmonious co-existence between human beings and water by 2035.
The modern-day river basin flood control and catastrophe reduction system will be largely enhanced, the level of water resource preservation and intensive usage will be further enhanced, the eco-friendly environment of rivers and lakes will be adequately improved, and water culture will thrive.The Opinions deploy essential tasks and secure procedures throughout 6 locations: guaranteeing the security of rivers and lakes, enhancing the preservation and intensive usage of water resources, securing the eco-friendly environment of rivers and lakes, enhancing the water environment, inheriting and promoting water culture, and improving the governance mechanism.In response to this years flood-control situation, the Ministry of Water Resources is focused on the four noes objective: no casualties, no dam-breaks of reservoirs, no breaches of essential dikes and no effect on vital facilities.
It will strictly carry out the flood-control duty system, magnify the tracking and forecasting of rain and water conditions, strengthen the combined joint dispatch of water tasks, and perform key-link avoidance measures.In regards to water resource conservation, China has made exceptional development.
In the past ten years, Chinas GDP has nearly doubled, the urbanization rate has increased by 12 portion points, while total water consumption has stayed stable at around 610 billion cubic meters.
In the future, the Ministry of Water Resources will develop a water-saving system and policy structure for farming, industry and city areas.Regarding the building and construction of the national water network, the main framework and arteries are being improved.
The first-phase projects of the South-to-North Water Diversion have transferred over 80 billion cubic meters of water, benefiting 185 million people directly.
Numerous major water-network projects are also being promoted, with the building and construction of provincial, local and county-level water networks underway.Additionally, China has actually accomplished positive lead to the extensive management of groundwater over-extraction in north China.
Compared to 2015, the volume of over-extraction has decreased by 85.8% percent, and the location impacted has actually reduced by 32.8 percent.
In the future, efforts will continue to promote the management of over-extraction in other regions.The Ministry of Water Resources will also even more promote the Mother River Revival Action, strengthen the management of eco-friendly flow in rivers and lakes, improve the management and defense of water areas and coastlines, and advance the detailed control of soil and water loss.
This will help achieve the goal of harmonious co-existence between people and water, making sure Chinas water security.(Cover through VCG)