China's leadership recognizes that managing the country's water resources effectively is critical to achieving sustainable economic growth. Existing legislation, institutions, and policy have helped to ease water scarcity, have begun to address serious water quality problems, and have greatly reduced the risk of flooding. But overuse and pollution of limited water supplies continue to threaten China's strategic development priorities. To achieve these...
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2018/11/01
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2018/11/06
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Policy Brief
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Watershed : A New Era of Water Governance in China : Policy Brief (English). Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/999601541495579766