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2010年 全国水利发展统计公报
2010 Statistic Bulletin on China Water Activities

In 2010, State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters together with
flood control headquarters at all levels, under the guidance of the Central Party
Committee and State Council, took effective measures for minimizing the loss
from flood and drought disasters, by insisting on putting people at the center and
giving priority to people’s life and property, making full use of flood control facilities,
by means of scientific management, regulation and decision making. In 2010, the
protected population was 41.03 million; protected cities 183; the avoided potential
death was 22,000; reduction of grain loss was 38.31 million ton; the economic
benefit of flood control was 247.934 billion Yuan. A total of 18,103,000 ha of
drought affected farmland were irrigated, which prevented a grain loss of 18 billion
kg and economic loss of crop damage of 25.7 billion Yuan. By effective measures
and emergency response, drinking water was provided to 29.1 million people and
17.39 million big animals and livestock.

Ⅵ. Water Management and Reform

Water resources planning and early-stage work. The approved plans of
varied kinds were 18 in 2010, among which 6 master plans were approved by
the State Council; 7 plans were approved by Ministry of Water Resources (MWR)
and other Ministries jointly; 5 plans were approved and issued by the Ministry of
Water Resources.The Master Plan for National Water Resources was formally
approved by the State Council. Technical approval was completed for the revised
master plans of seven major river basins. The National 12th Five-Year Plan for
Water Development has been worked out. There were 40 projects were reported
to NDRC for approval and 32 of which was approved, with a total investment of
67.036 billion Yuan, among which 5 were cost estimation, 18 were feasibility study
reports, 9 were project proposals.

Water legislation and administrative enforcement. The revised Law on Soil
and Water Conservation of the People’s Republic of China came into effect. The
Ministry of Water Resources promulgated four regulations, namely Decision on

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