The main functions of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Water Resources

1. Responsible for ensuring the rational development and utilization of water resources, formulating water conservancy strategic plans and policies, drafting relevant draft laws and regulations, formulating departmental regulations, and organizing the preparation of comprehensive river basin plans and flood control plans for important rivers and lakes determined by the state. and other major water conservancy plans. Formulate and organize the implementation of relevant systems for water conservancy project construction in accordance with regulations, be responsible for proposing opinions on the scale and direction of water conservancy fixed asset investment and the arrangement of national fiscal funds, and review and approve fixed asset investment projects within the national plan and annual plan scale in accordance with the authority specified by the State Council. ; Propose suggestions on investment arrangements for central water conservancy construction and organize their implementation.

2. Responsible for the overall planning and guarantee of water use for life, production and operation, and ecological environment. Implement unified supervision and management of water resources, formulate long-term water supply and demand plans and water allocation plans nationwide and across provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government and supervise their implementation, organize and carry out water resources investigation and evaluation work, carry out water energy resource investigation work in accordance with regulations, and be responsible for important river basins, Water resources dispatching for regional and major water diversion projects, organizing and implementing water abstraction licenses, water resource paid use systems, water resources demonstration, and flood control demonstration systems. Guide the water supply industry and township water supply work.

3. Responsible for water resources protection. Organize the preparation of water resources protection plans, organize the preparation of water function zoning of important rivers and lakes and supervise its implementation, verify the pollution-bearing capacity of water areas, put forward suggestions for limiting the total amount of pollutants, guide the protection of drinking water sources, guide the development and utilization of groundwater and groundwater resources in urban planning areas Manage conservation efforts.

4. Responsible for the prevention and control of floods and droughts, and undertake the specific work of the National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters. Organize, coordinate, supervise and direct the national flood control and drought relief work, implement flood control and drought relief dispatch and emergency water volume dispatch for important rivers, lakes and important water projects, prepare national flood control and drought relief emergency plans and organize their implementation. Guide the emergency management of water conservancy emergencies.

5. Responsible for water conservation. Formulate water conservation policies, prepare water conservation plans, formulate relevant standards, and guide and promote the construction of a water-saving society.

6. Guide hydrological work. Responsible for hydrology and water resources monitoring, construction and management of the national hydrology station network, monitoring the water quantity and quality of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and groundwater, and publishing hydrology and water resources information, intelligence forecasts and national water resources bulletins.

7. Guide the management and protection of water conservancy facilities, waters and their coastlines, guide the management and development of large rivers, rivers, large lakes, estuaries, and coastal tidal flats, guide the construction and operation management of water conservancy projects, and organize the implementation of effective Construction and operation management of controlled or important water conservancy projects across provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and river basins, and responsible for the immigration management of water conservancy projects.

8. Responsible for preventing and controlling soil erosion. Formulate soil and water conservation plans and supervise their implementation, organize the implementation of comprehensive prevention and control of water and soil erosion, monitor and forecast and make regular announcements, be responsible for the approval, supervision and implementation of water and soil conservation plans for major construction projects and the acceptance of water and soil conservation facilities, and guide national key soil and water conservation construction projects implementation.

9. Guide rural water conservancy work. Organize and coordinate the basic construction of farmland water conservancy, guide the construction and management of rural drinking water safety, water-saving irrigation and other projects, coordinate water conservancy work in pastoral areas, and guide the construction of a socialized service system for rural water conservancy. Guide the development of rural water energy resources in accordance with regulations, guide the electrification of hydropower in rural areas and the work of replacing fuel with small hydropower.

10. Responsible for the investigation and handling of major water-related illegal incidents, coordination and arbitration of water disputes across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and guidance of water administration supervision and water administrative law enforcement. Responsible for production safety in the water conservancy industry in accordance with the law, organizing and guiding the safety supervision of reservoirs and hydropower stations and dams, guiding the supervision and management of the water conservancy construction market, and organizing and implementing supervision of water conservancy project construction.

11. Carry out water conservancy science and technology and foreign affairs work. Organize and carry out quality supervision work in the water conservancy industry, formulate technical standards and procedures for the water conservancy industry and supervise their implementation, undertake water conservancy statistics, and handle foreign-related affairs related to international rivers.

12. Undertake other matters assigned by the State Council.