Zhiwei Zhou, Ministry of Water Resources High-Level Business Conference Thursday, 21 September

1. Green Development of China Water
in 13th Five Year
Zhiwei ZHOU
Department of Planning and Programming, MWR
Sep, 2017

2. Features of Water in ChinaⅠ
Guiding Principle in 13th Five YearⅡ
Main Tasks in 13th Five YearⅢ
主要内容Main Contents

3. Ⅰ Features of Water in China
降水量≥ 800mm
降水量≤ 200mm
中国年降水量分布图
 Geographic situation
 Monsoon climate
 Huge population
 Limited WRs per capita
 Uneven spacial and temporal
distribution
WR per capita
Finland Sweden Austria Portugal Netherlands China Global avg
Distribution Chart of
Precipitation in China

4. item 1950's 2011
reservoir
amount 1,200 98,000
volume 20 billion m3
930 billion m3
dike 40,000 km 280,000 km
water supply
capacity
>100 billion m3
>700 billion m3
irrigation land 16 million ha. 61 million ha.
 Since the foundation of People's Republic of China, a large scale of
water construction has been developed
Ⅰ Features of Water in China

5.  New guideline for water sector
 To prioritize water saving on mindset and measure
 To balance economic activity and water resource carrying capacity
 To consider nature as a whole, including mountain, water, forest,
farmland, lake, etc
 To play the role of government and market in coordinated manner
Ⅱ Guiding Principle in 13th Five Year

6. Water saving
Ⅲ Main Tasks in 13th Five Year
 Water use cap
（亿
m3
）
 Water saving action
 100 million mu (6.7million ha.)
high efficiency irrigaion area
 Mobilization mechanism
 water price
 water saving performance
contracting
Water use efficiency is expected to be increased by 20% in 13th five year

7. Improve infrastructure network
 172 major water projects
 China has initiated 172 water projects action from 2014, including
reservoir, water diversion project, irrigation system, dike and flood
detention system, 1.8 trillion Yuan as total investment.
environment
 Environment and ecology are highly
attentioned. Project unacceptable for
environment will not be approved.
 Social capital is encouraged to invest in
water infrastructure.
development

8.  Post 2016-flood rehabilitation
 middle & small rivers treatment
 reinforcement of small reservoirs
 promotion of drainage capacity in key area
 flood forecasing and warning system in rural area
Improve infrastructure network
300 billion
RMB

9.  Consolidation of rural drinking water facility
 Strengthening water facility in
poverty region
Improve infrastructure network
 Six years ahead of schedule of
MDGs on drinking water
 Basically solved by the end of
12th five year
 Consolidation during 13th Five
Year for more stable and
qualified water sources

10.  River and Lake Restoration
 Restore rivers such as Yongding River in systematic manner,
including water-saving, waste water recycle, ecological water
replenishment, river training, wetland rebuilding, etc
Proetction and restoration of water ecology
 For lakes with poor water quality,
strengthen connection with rivers,
improve fluidity of lake for better
self-purification.

11.  Groundwater Rehabilitation
 Plain of North China
 Balance between exploitation
and replenishment
 Water Resources Protection
 Pollutants reduction
 Sewage outlet rearrangement
 Water sources protection
Proetction and restoration of water ecology

12.  Investment & financing mechanism
Water reform
 Irrigation water price