Measures for the implementation of river management in Jiangsu Province

Article 1 These Measures are formulated in accordance with the Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on River Management (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) and combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to rivers (including lakes, artificial waterways, reservoirs, flood discharge areas and flood detention areas) and their supporting projects within the administrative area of this province. Article 3 The water administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, cities and counties (including county-level cities and districts, the same below) are the competent authorities of rivers within their respective administrative areas, and are responsible for organizing the implementation of the Regulations and these Measures. The main responsibilities of river management are:

(a) publicity and implementation of national and provincial laws, regulations, rules and other normative documents related to river management;

(two) the drafting of river management regulations, rules and other normative documents, entrusted by the people's government at the same level to coordinate the handling of water disputes;

(three) to organize the preparation of comprehensive river basin or regional planning, review the river development and utilization planning, formulate river regulation and construction planning and organize their implementation;

(four) to coordinate the daily work of flood control and drought relief, formulate the project scheduling plan, and implement the scheduling instructions of the superior;

(5) Managing river courses and their supporting engineering facilities, reviewing the plans for building various buildings and facilities within the scope of river course management, examining and approving activities related to the safety and normal operation of river courses within the scope of river course management, and supervising and managing the construction and use of engineering facilities and activities involving river courses;

(six) to exercise other duties entrusted by laws, regulations and rules, and to implement the decisions and orders of the people's government at the same level and the river authorities at higher levels and other matters assigned by them. Article 4 The main responsibilities of the river management institutions set up by the water administrative departments at or above the county level are:

(a) according to the "Regulations" and these measures and the relevant national and local management regulations, the implementation of management, maintenance and conservation of the river and its supporting projects;

(two) to review the plans of various construction projects within the scope of river management, and to participate in the review of the comprehensive development and utilization planning of rivers;

(three) to stop the occupation, destruction or damage to the river and its supporting projects;

(four) entrusted by the competent authorities of the river, to punish acts that violate the laws, regulations and rules of river management. Fifth rivers and their supporting projects in this province implement the management principle of combining unified management with hierarchical management, and subordinate management is subordinate to superior management. Sixth our province river classification management authority is:

(1) In addition to the major rivers or their major river sections, inter-provincial important river sections and inter-provincial boundary rivers that are managed by river basin management agencies as stipulated by the state, the following rivers or river sections and their supporting buildings are managed by provincial river authorities in accordance with state regulations:

The Yangtze River, Huaihe River, yi river, Xinyi River, Palm River, Picang Flood Diversion River, Xinshu River, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal (including high-water river), Xuhonghe River, Huaihongxin River, Tongyu River, Subei Irrigation General Canal, Hu Aishu New River (including Hull River), Abandoned Yellow River (below Yangzhuang Gate), Intake Canal, Taipu River, Wangyu River, etc.

(2) Other rivers shall be demarcated by the competent river authorities of all districts and cities in accordance with the hierarchical management authority and reported to the people's governments of all districts and cities for approval.

The river course managed by the superior river course authority may, according to the technical requirements for unified planning and management of the river course, authorize the subordinate river course authority to implement management. Article 7 The management scope of river courses and their supporting projects shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of the Regulations of Jiangsu Province on the Management of Water Conservancy Projects.

The people's governments at or above the county level shall delimit the management scope of river courses and their supporting projects within their administrative areas according to law. Eighth people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the river management institutions, strengthen the management of river projects, improve the management level, and ensure the safe operation of the projects.

The river authorities of the people's governments at or above the county level shall establish and improve the water conservancy supervision team (station), equipped with water conservancy supervision personnel and law enforcement tools, and maintain normal water order.

The water conservancy project management institutions approved by the provincial and municipal people's governments may exercise some management functions granted by the river authorities at the same level. Ninth new river engineering, the implementation of the "who invests, who benefits" principle. Its construction funds can be raised through government investment, social fund-raising, introduction of foreign capital and loans. Social fund-raising must be approved by the provincial people's government.

With the approval of the provincial people's government, the river authorities may collect special fees from the beneficiary units and individuals for repayment of funds and loans. The specific charging measures shall be formulated separately by the provincial people's government. Article 10 To apply for a new river course and its supporting projects, the management system and the nature of the management organization of the project shall be defined, and the sources of funds such as establishment and operation management fees, major repair fees and depreciation fees shall be determined. According to the staffing standards approved by the state, the management personnel are equipped. All kinds of management and protection infrastructure should be considered in engineering design, including sluices, dams, dike observation facilities, flood control facilities, hydrological facilities, management rooms, staff quarters, living welfare facilities, base construction and project management scope. The project budget must include the investment of the above-mentioned single projects. When the project is completed and accepted, the above-mentioned projects shall be accepted together, and relevant materials (including land use certificate) shall be handed over to the project management unit.

If the existing projects and management facilities are not perfect, they should be included in the reconstruction, expansion and reinforcement project plan in accordance with the provisions of the new projects mentioned in the preceding paragraph.