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Wei Water Forum- Water Management and Pollution
Control through Stakeholder Dialogues
Sun Ping’an,Vice Chair,
GWP China Shaanxi
Sept. 2010
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I. Brief Introduction to Wei River
II. The Wei River ForaIII. AchievementsIV. Next Steps
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I. Brief Introduction to Wei River
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Bird’s eye View on Wei River
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Wei River, important, both in ancient and present time
The largest tributary of the Yellow River~~
♦ length : 818 kilometer ;
♦ catchment area : 135,000 km2;
♦ Shaanxi Province takes 67,100 km2 catchment area.
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Wei River, one of the cradles of the Chinese Civilization
♦The capitals of ancient dynasties were situated along
the Wei River from 2070 BC;
♦ In relation to “Silk Road” of antiquity.
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Wei River, one of the mainstays of the economic development of Shaanxi
In Shaanxi Province, the Wei River basin covers:
♦ 61% of total population;
♦ 56% of total farmland;
♦ 72% of total irrigation area;
♦ 68% of total agricultural output;
♦ 80% of Shaanxi Province’s GDP.
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Challenges to Wei River in the contemporary era
♦ Water shortage;
♦ Decrease of water inflows;
♦ Vulnerable eco-environment;
♦ Water pollution;
♦ River channel siltation.
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II. Wei River Fora
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The Wei River Forum in 2007
Theme: Water
Culture
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The Wei River Forum in 2008
Theme: Water Resources
♦ “The Plan of Major Projects in the Wei River Basin”;
♦ “Transferring Water from the Han to the Wei River”;
♦ Management system of river basin;
♦ Green and ecological environment of the Wei River.
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The Wei River Forum in 2008
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The Wei River Forum in 2008
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The Wei River Forum in 2009
Theme: Water Environment
♦Management planning of key projects and five-year plan;
♦ Pollutants control for an ecological Wei River;
♦ More water division projects for more bearing capacity;
♦Integrated management for less river siltation/flood
disasters and better disaster control capacity.
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The Wei River Forum in 2009
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III. Achievements
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Success of the Wei River Fora
What we achieved mainly:
♦ Raise public awareness for caring the Wei River;
♦ Promote the implementation of IWRM in the Wei
River Basin;
♦ Influencing policy/decision-makers.
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Success of the Wei River Fora
Green Wei River Basin
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Success of the Wei River Fora
What we influenced:
♦ The local government approves the “Plan of the Wei
River Basin Management”;
♦ The implementation of “Yellow River Water
Regulation Rules” has been promoted;
♦ The local government better practices responsibilities
on pollution control.
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Ecological Wei River Basin
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III. Next Steps
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Two more Wei River Fora
Focus on:
♦ Strategies and measures for disaster control;
♦ Better promotion and development of more
related regulations and systems in integrated
management of Wei River Basin.
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Healthy Wei River
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谢谢！Thanks.