2007 - China's Sustainable Development Strategy Report - Water: Governance and Innovation

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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: "The 2007 China Sustainable Development Strategy Report—Water: Governance and Innovation" focuses on water as its theme, with an emphasis on the changes in water issues during the transition period. It addresses the four major water challenges—water resources, water environment, water ecology, and water disasters—elaborating on their current status, existing problems, development trends, and potential solutions. The report highlights multiple water crises that threaten China's future development and security, identifying water pollution as a primary water issue with significant impacts on socio-economic development and urgent need for resolution. Additionally, it analyzes the difficulties in achieving the "11th Five-Year Plan" goal of reducing total water pollution emissions, pointing out that integrated water resource management and basin-wide integrated management have become a global consensus for water governance. The report argues that the core of solving China's water problems lies in transitioning the water management model, which requires institutional, managerial, and technological innovations. By strengthening institutional frameworks, it proposes a new era of water management model and integrated water management system. The report outlines the goals for the new era of water management, priorities for achieving the "11th Five-Year Plan" targets for reducing water pollutant emissions, a roadmap for establishing a government-led integrated water management system, and other relevant policy recommendations. Building on past strategic reports, this report applies the sustainable development indicator system designed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences to comprehensively assess and update the sustainable development capacity of China's regions and the country's resource and environmental performance. This report serves as a continuous reference and research resource for decision-making bodies at all levels, administrative departments, legislative bodies, as well as relevant research institutions, universities, and the general public.