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Provincial Administrative Methods for Collection and Utilization of Compensation
Fee for Soil Conservation were issued in 8 provinces ( autonomous regions or
municipalities) 郾 By the end of 2015 , there were 27 provinces ( autonomous
regions or municipalities ) promulgated the implementing provisions or
regulations of Soil and Water Conservation Law; and 17 provinces
( autonomous regions or municipalities ) made public the standards for the
collection of compensation fee郾

Water pricing reform郾 Reform of pricing system for agricultural water use has been
promoted by means of innovative management, price adjustment, financial
subsidy and counterpart structures郾 Pilot projects in 80 counties of 27 provinces
( excluding Tibet, Hainan, Zhejiang and Shanghai) had been implemented with an
area of 2郾 02 million mu or 25郯 000 mu per county in average郾 Water saving and
benefit increase had been realized thanks to the reform, for water saving in the pilot
area reached 100 m3 per mu and irrigation cycle shortened by 20% in average郾

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