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and Ministry of National Land and Water resources had boosted water pricing
reform of agricultural water use and issued the legal documents of Notice on
Promoting Agricultural Water Pricing Reform and Methods for Performance
Evaluation of Agricultural Water Pricing Reform郾 The reform of pricing system for
agricultural water use has been incorporated into the Stringent Water Resources

Management System and accountability evaluation of governors being responsible
for grain safety郾 By the end of 2017, there had been 700 counties and 100

irrigation districts carried out reform of pricing system for agricultural water use,
with an area of 52 million mu, among which about 32 million mu were newly鄄added

in 2017郾 Great achievements had been made in the areas of implementing reform,
with an average water鄄saving of 100 m per mu and 20% shorten of irrigation time in
3
average郾

Water resources planning and early鄄stage work郾 In 2017, there were 12 water
resources plans approved by central government agencies, among which three
plans including Special construction Scheme for Erosion Control of National Slope

Farmland in 13th Five鄄Year Plan were approved by National Development Reform
Commission ( NDRC ), 9 plans approved by the Ministry of Water Resources
(MWR) 郾 The third national water resources survey and assessment was initiated郾
Steady progress had been made by major water project planning at the national
level郾 Comprehensive planning for major river basins and tributaries has been
accelerated郾 Water plans in key national strategies has been proceeded郾 In 2017, a

total of 21 projects were delivered to NDRC for approved by the Ministry of Water
Resources, with a total investment of 105郾 337 billion yuan. In 2017, a total of 21
projects were approved by NDRC, including 18 feasibility study reports and 3
project plans, with a total investment of 198郾 085 billion Yuan郾 There were 9
preliminary designs approved by MWR, with a total investment of 187郾 697 billion
Yuan郾

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