Article 1 The objectives of this policy are: to clarify the nature of the project, straighten out the investment channels and expand the sources of funds; Reasonably determine the price, standardize various charges, and promote the industrialization of water conservancy; Advocate water conservation, protect water resources and realize sustainable development. During the implementation of this policy, the ability of flood control and disaster relief in China has been significantly improved, and the contradiction of water supply has been effectively alleviated.
Article 2 Water conservancy is the infrastructure and basic industry of the national economy. People's governments at all levels should attach importance to strengthening water conservancy construction, define objectives, take effective measures and implement the leadership responsibility system. Water administrative departments at all levels shall, jointly with relevant departments and regions, prepare comprehensive river basin planning and regional comprehensive planning before the year 2000, which will be used as the basis for formulating water conservancy construction planning and related special planning after being submitted for approval according to law, and do a good job in inspection and supervision of planning implementation. Any violation of the planned construction behavior is strictly prohibited.
Article 3 The overall planning of the national economy, urban planning and the layout of major construction projects must consider flood control safety and water resources conditions, and there must be special planning or demonstration on flood control and waterlogging elimination, water supply, water resources protection, soil and water conservation, water pollution prevention and water conservation, etc.
Article 4 During the implementation of this policy, the key points of water conservancy construction are: flood control works for rivers and lakes, urban flood control, safe construction of flood storage and detention areas, maintenance and construction of seawalls, renovation and renovation of existing water conservancy facilities, especially reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs and dikes, drinking water for people and livestock in arid areas, cross-regional water transfer and water resources protection in water shortage areas, irrigation and drainage of farmland, soil and water conservation, comprehensive utilization of water resources and water conservancy.
Article 5 The state strengthens the management of water resources, implements the policy of overall planning, rational development, comprehensive utilization and ecological protection for water conservancy construction, and insists on combining pest control with profit promotion, combining temporary solution with permanent cure, combining new construction with transformation, and combining open source with throttling.
Article 6 The state implements the policy of giving priority to the development of water conservancy projects, and encourages all sectors of society and overseas investors to invest in water conservancy projects through various channels and ways. On the premise of adhering to social benefits, we should actively explore effective ways to accelerate the process of water conservancy industrialization. Strive to improve the economic benefits of water conservancy projects. Meet the domestic water demand of urban and rural residents, and make overall consideration of industrial and agricultural water demand and shipping demand. Pay attention to water environmental protection and diversified management, and gradually form a benign operation mechanism of water conservancy industry input and output.
Chapter II Project Classification and Fund Raising
Article 7 Water conservancy construction projects are divided into two categories according to their functions and functions: category A includes projects with strong social benefits and public welfare, such as flood control and waterlogging elimination, farmland irrigation and drainage backbone projects, urban flood control, soil and water conservation and water resources protection; Category B includes water supply, hydropower generation, reservoir breeding, water tourism, comprehensive water conservancy management, etc. , give priority to with economic benefits, have certain social benefits. The determination of Class A and Class B projects shall be made clear by the project examination and approval unit in the reply of the project proposal.
Article 8 The construction funds for Class A projects are mainly arranged from central and local budgetary funds, water conservancy construction funds and other financial funds available for water conservancy construction. It should be clear that a specific government agency or social welfare organization, as the main body of responsibility for Class A projects, is responsible for the whole process of project construction and bears risks.
Article 9 Construction funds for Class B projects are mainly raised through non-financial channels. Class B projects must implement the project legal person responsibility system and capital system, and the capital ratio shall be implemented in accordance with relevant state regulations.
Tenth water conservancy construction projects are divided into central projects and local projects according to their functions and benefits. The central project refers to the key projects of river regulation across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the projects of water transfer and comprehensive utilization of water resources across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) that have a significant impact on the overall national economy. Local projects refer to flood control and waterlogging elimination, urban flood control, irrigation and drainage, river regulation, water supply, soil and water conservation, water resources protection, small and medium-sized hydropower construction and other projects that benefit local areas.
Eleventh central project investment by the central government and beneficiary provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) according to the degree, scope and economic strength. Local governments are mainly responsible for the control of key areas of soil erosion, and the central government gives appropriate subsidies; Other types of water conservancy projects benefited by local governments and departments shall be invested and constructed by local governments and departments according to the degree of benefit and the principle of "whoever benefits pays"; The central government gives appropriate subsidies to important water conservancy construction projects in minority areas and poverty-stricken areas through various channels.
Article 12 The local people's government shall arrange the investment needed for local flood control and waterlogging elimination, urban flood control and other projects from the local budget funds, funds for comprehensive agricultural development, funds for industry to feed back agriculture, special funds for water conservancy and other local funds and discount loans, and pay attention to the use of funds and labor inputs from agricultural production and operation organizations and agricultural labourers.
Thirteenth people's governments at all levels should gradually increase investment in water conservancy construction according to the financial growth at the corresponding level, and study and formulate preferential policies to promote water conservancy industrialization. Policy loans from China Development Bank and Agricultural Development Bank, as well as loans from foreign governments and international financial organizations used by the state, should be appropriately increased for water conservancy construction.
Article 14 In order to expand the sources of funds for water conservancy construction, the central and local water conservancy construction funds and management measures shall be established and improved in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Interim Measures for the Administration of Raising and Using Water Conservancy Construction Funds (Guo Fa [1997] No.7).
Fifteenth flood control and waterlogging control projects in important river flood prone areas, the local people's governments at the prefecture (city) level can raise funds according to the needs of the project. The financing plan must be approved by the provincial people's government and reported to the planning and finance department of the State Council for the record. Raising funds from farmers must strictly abide by the relevant laws and regulations of the State Council. Bills used for fund-raising must be uniformly printed by financial departments at or above the provincial level. Audit and supervision departments should strictly supervise the use of funds.
Sixteenth to speed up the pace of renovation of water conservancy facilities. People's governments at all levels should include the renovation of water conservancy facilities in the plan and arrange corresponding funds; Depreciation expenses of water conservancy projects can only be used for the renovation of water conservancy facilities and shall not be misappropriated.
Chapter III Prices, Charges and Management
Article 17 The state practices a system of paid use of water resources, and collects water resources fees from units that directly take water from underground or rivers and lakes according to law. Measures for the administration of the collection and use of water resources fees shall be formulated by the State Council, and shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) before it is officially promulgated in the State Council. The water resources fees collected should be used as special funds, included in the budget management, and used for special purposes.
Article 18 The State implements a water permit system, and the water administrative department of the State Council is responsible for the organization, implementation, supervision and management of the national water permit system. According to the Measures for the Implementation of Water Permit System promulgated by the State Council (the State Council DecreeNo. 1 19).
Article 19 Administrative fees such as river engineering construction and maintenance management fees, soil erosion prevention fees, river sand mining management fees, agricultural irrigation water source occupation fees, irrigation and drainage facilities compensation fees stipulated by relevant laws and regulations and relevant state policies shall be collected in full by water administrative departments at all levels within two years; Measures for charging water conservancy projects directly managed by river basin institutions shall be formulated by the finance and planning departments of the State Council in conjunction with the water administrative departments. The above expenses must be used for the maintenance, construction and operation management of water conservancy facilities.
Twentieth reasonable determination of water supply, hydropower and other water conservancy products and services prices, promote the industrialization of water conservancy. The price of water supply for new water conservancy projects shall be formulated in accordance with the principles of meeting operating costs and expenses, paying taxes according to regulations, repaying loans and obtaining reasonable profits. The original water supply price of water conservancy projects should be gradually adjusted in three years according to the national water price policy and the principle of cost compensation and reasonable income, and then adjusted in time according to the change of water supply cost. The price department of the people's government at or above the county level shall, jointly with the water administrative department, formulate and adjust the water price.
Twenty-first water administrative departments at or above the provincial level shall, jointly with relevant departments, divide existing water conservancy construction projects into Class A and Class B, and the specific division methods shall be stipulated separately. The maintenance and operation management fees of Class A projects are paid by budgets at all levels, while those of Class B projects are paid by the operating income of enterprises.
Twenty-second after the water price is raised and the water conservancy administrative fees related to Class B projects are fully collected, the management unit of Class B water conservancy construction projects shall be transformed into enterprises.
Twenty-third the State Council water administrative departments to undertake the supervision of water conservancy state-owned assets. In accordance with the principles of unified ownership by the state, hierarchical supervision by the government and independent operation by enterprises, a system of management, supervision and operation of state-owned assets with clear powers and responsibilities shall be established. The preservation and appreciation of collectively owned water conservancy assets shall be separately formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.
Article 24 The state encourages various forms such as leasing, auction, joint-stock cooperation and contracting to control collectively owned barren hills, gullies, hills, beaches and other soil erosion areas. In principle, the service life should be 50 years. If it is managed through contracting, leasing or joint-stock cooperation within the prescribed service period, it can be inherited and transferred according to law; Those who purchase the right to use have the right to inherit, transfer, mortgage and participate in joint ventures according to law. Encourage the construction and operation of various forms of small water conservancy projects.
Chapter IV Water, Water Resources Protection and Water Conservancy Technology
Article 25 Strengthen planned water use, save water and rationally allocate water resources. All walks of life and regions of the national economy must implement various water management systems stipulated by the state, vigorously promote water-saving technologies and save all kinds of water.
Article 26 Agriculture should vigorously promote water-saving irrigation, study and popularize dry farming techniques and water-saving techniques such as canal lining, pipeline water delivery, sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation and infiltration irrigation, and change irrigation methods that waste water resources such as flood irrigation as soon as possible. Project examination and approval units at all levels should give priority to agricultural water-saving projects and increase investment. China Development Bank and Agricultural Development Bank should give priority to water-saving projects that meet the loan conditions and have repayment ability. People's governments at all levels shall arrange financial discount for agricultural water-saving project loans according to the situation.
Twenty-seventh strictly implement the relevant provisions of water conservation and water quota management. Water-using units should take water-saving measures such as recycling water and multi-use of one water, and vigorously develop and popularize water-saving technologies. Water-deficient areas should strictly limit the development of water-consuming industries. The proposal for a new high water consumption project must include a special demonstration of water use, otherwise it may not be approved and built. For those who use water in excess of the quota, the fees shall be increased, and the specific measures shall be formulated by the people's governments of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government).
Article 28 Strengthen the protection of water resources. The water administrative department at or above the provincial level shall, jointly with relevant departments, prepare a special plan for the protection of river basin water resources and submit it for approval according to law. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to the legally approved water resources protection plans for river basins, organize the formulation of water resources protection plans for their respective administrative areas, and incorporate them into the long-term and annual plans for national economic and social development of the governments at the corresponding levels, and earnestly organize their implementation. All construction projects should have plans and measures to protect water resources.
Article 29 When developing, utilizing and dispatching water resources, the water administrative department and other relevant departments shall make overall plans to maintain a reasonable flow of rivers and a reasonable water level of lakes, reservoirs and underground water bodies. People's governments at the provincial level shall, in accordance with the law, delimit protected areas for surface and underground drinking water sources, water bodies in scenic spots, important fishery water bodies and other water bodies with special economic and cultural values, and take strict measures to ensure that the water quality of protected areas meets the use standards for specified purposes.
Thirtieth people's governments at all levels shall, in accordance with the provisions of the "People's Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Prevention Law", strengthen the prevention and control of water pollution. Enterprises that cause water pollution should be rectified and technically reformed, and comprehensive prevention and control measures should be taken to rationally utilize water resources and reduce the discharge of wastewater and pollutants.
Article 31 An economic compensation mechanism for protecting water resources and restoring the ecological environment shall be established. Any life, production activities and construction projects must prevent soil erosion and water pollution. Units that cause soil erosion and water pollution should be responsible for the treatment and bear all the treatment costs. The establishment, reconstruction and expansion of sewage outlets in canals, channels and reservoirs shall be subject to the consent of the water administrative department.
Article 32 The State encourages research, development, introduction, digestion and popularization of water conservancy technology and water pollution prevention and control technology, focusing on flood control and drought relief technology, river regulation technology, dredging technology, key technology of large-scale water conservancy projects, water-saving technology, biological water pollution control technology, comprehensive utilization and treatment technology of high-concentration organic wastewater, scientific sewage discharge technology, sewage recycling technology, new materials, new structures and new technologies for water conservancy construction. It is necessary to continuously improve the modernization level of water conservancy survey and design, project management, technical facilities and equipment, and gradually establish a water conservancy information network.
Chapter V Practical Application
Article 33 The State Planning Commission shall be responsible for the interpretation of this policy. The State Council water administrative department shall, jointly with relevant departments, formulate detailed rules for implementation and organize their implementation, and report them to the State Planning Commission for the record. Problems encountered in the implementation shall be coordinated by the State Planning Commission.
Article 34 The provincial planning department shall, jointly with the provincial water administrative department, formulate specific implementation plans, which shall be implemented after being approved by the provincial people's government and reported to the State Planning Commission for the record.
Article 35 This policy shall come into force as of the date of promulgation and end on 20 10.