How should people's water resources be solved in China after 30 years?

In recent years, the party group of the Ministry of Water Resources has conscientiously implemented Scientific Outlook on Development, put forward a new idea of water control from traditional water conservancy to modern water conservancy and sustainable development according to the new requirements of building a well-off society in an all-round way and building a harmonious socialist society, and made a series of fruitful explorations according to the central water conservancy work policy. Here, I want to talk about some ideas about water conservancy to ensure sustainable economic and social development, which can be summarized as "five persistences".

First, adhere to the people-oriented principle and highlight people's livelihood and water conservancy. Water is the foundation of people's livelihood, and water conservancy is closely related to people's life and production, which is an important work related to people's livelihood. In recent years, the water conservancy department has made great efforts to ensure the people's flood control safety, solve the rural drinking water safety, solve the water conservancy problems directly related to the people's vital interests, such as the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs, the continuous construction and water-saving renovation of irrigation areas, soil and water conservation, and the implementation of immigration policies and regulations, and achieved a series of tangible results. However, it should be noted that solving the most concerned, direct and realistic water conservancy needs of the broad masses of the people is a long-term process and requires us to make greater efforts. We must always adhere to the people-oriented principle, focus on solving the problems of people's livelihood and water conservancy, ensure people's life safety and health, improve production and living conditions, and create an excellent ecological and beautiful environment. We must always correctly handle the relationship between the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people, the interests of the masses at the present stage and the special interests of different groups, coordinate the needs of all aspects of water conservancy, and ensure that the fruits of water conservancy development and reform benefit the overwhelming majority of the people.

Second, adhere to the harmony between man and nature and highlight ecological civilization. According to the report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, "to build an ecological civilization, the industrial structure, growth mode and consumption pattern of saving energy and resources and protecting the ecological environment will be basically formed". Writing ecological civilization into the report of the Party Congress is a new development of our Party's concept of governing and rejuvenating the country, and a new requirement for implementing Scientific Outlook on Development and realizing the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. Promoting the harmony between man and nature is the basic requirement of ecological civilization construction, and it should also be the core concept of sustainable development and water control. We must persist in respecting the laws of nature and science, change the mode of water conservancy development, and achieve a win-win situation for water conservancy development and ecological protection. We should focus on building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, pay more attention to building a water-saving and pollution-proof society, pay more attention to nature's self-repair ability, pay more attention to ecological problems in water resources development, allocation and dispatching, strengthen water resources protection, strengthen soil and water conservation, strengthen ecological governance, vigorously promote the construction of ecological civilization, and make the mountains and rivers of the motherland more beautiful.

Third, adhere to overall planning and give prominence to coordinated development. Overall consideration is the fundamental method of Scientific Outlook on Development. China has a vast territory, different natural endowments and economic and social development conditions, and the water conservancy problems it faces vary widely. We should firmly grasp the main contradictions, outstanding problems and weak links in our work in light of our own reality, adhere to overall planning, overall consideration, tackling both the symptoms and root causes, and comprehensive management, pay equal attention to flood control, drought relief and waterlogging elimination, increase revenue and reduce expenditure, pay equal attention to construction management reform, combine engineering measures with non-engineering measures, and adhere to the unity of economic, social and ecological benefits to ensure the safety of drinking water, flood control, water for economic development and ecological water.

Fourth, adhere to practical exploration and highlight reform and innovation. Today, with profound economic and social transformation and profound changes in water resources conditions, we are faced with many new situations and problems that we have never encountered before, which require us to emancipate our minds, seek truth from facts, and reform and innovate. It is necessary to continuously deepen various water conservancy reforms, strive to explore and solve institutional and institutional obstacles that restrict water conservancy development, and promote the sound development of water conservancy. Strive to break through the key technologies that restrict the development of water conservancy, consolidate the scientific and technological foundation of water conservancy development, and improve the independent innovation ability of water conservancy. It is necessary to implement the basic strategy of governing the country according to law and vigorously promote water control according to law, water development through science and technology and scientific water control.

Fifth, adhere to conservation and protection, and highlight the construction of a water-saving and pollution-proof society and the sustainable development of water resources. Adhering to the basic national policy of saving resources and protecting the environment is related to the vital interests of the people and the survival and development of the Chinese nation. The report of the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized that it is necessary to "protect water and soil resources, build a scientific and reasonable energy resources utilization system and improve the efficiency of energy resources utilization." We should not only attach importance to the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, but also vigorously promote the construction of a water-saving and pollution-proof society, strengthen the constraints of water resources and water environment, improve the policies and regulations system conducive to water resources conservation and protection, and accelerate the formation of an institutional mechanism for sustainable utilization of water resources. Through the rational development, efficient utilization, comprehensive management, optimal allocation, comprehensive conservation, effective protection and scientific management of water resources, we will promote the transformation of economic development mode and the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, promote the coordination of economic and social development with the carrying capacity of water resources and water environment, and ensure the sustainable development of economy and society with the sustainable use of water resources.