Home | China | World | Business China Sets Overall Plan for Yangtze Water Resources (1) SUN, FEB 24, 2002     A comprehensive program aimed to protect water resources in the entire drainage area of Yangtze River has been reviewed by experts at a state-level meeting in Beijing Sunday. The program is jointly initiated by the Ministry of Water Resources and related departments of 16 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the Yangtze River valley after conducting two years of field investigations. Much different from traditional ones, this program divides the whole valley into four major subareas -- the protection zone, buffer zone, exploitation zone and reserve zone in terms of major functions of local water resources. In addition, the exploitation zone is also further divided into special-purposed subareas where water resources are used respectively for daily life, industry, irrigation, aquatic cultivation, and sightseeing. Experts said at the meeting that this program has covered the largest drainage area, involved most advanced technologies and therefore will be most effectively implemented. Ning Yuan, director of the water resources and hydropower designing institute under the ministry, said the program is the first of its kind that has given a general program for protecting water resources within the Yangtze River drainage area as a whole.(more) Editor:Guan Source:Xinhua Recommend to your friend email:    China Central Television,All Rights Reserved