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    China's water governance system faces both horizontal and vertical fragmentation. Horizontally, several government ministries share responsibility for water management, leading to a lack of coordination. Vertically, water management responsibilities are divided across multiple levels of government separated by administrative boundaries rather than river basins. This fragmentation makes transboundary river management difficult and competition between governments discourages investments that benefit areas outside their jurisdiction. River basin management commissions also have limited authority and China's water rights system does not comprehensively regulate all water users.

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    China's water governance system faces both horizontal and vertical fragmentation. Horizontally, several government ministries share responsibility for water management, leading to a lack of coordination. Vertically, water management responsibilities are divided across multiple levels of government separated by administrative boundaries rather than river basins. This fragmentation makes transboundary river management difficult and competition between governments discourages investments that benefit areas outside their jurisdiction. River basin management commissions also have limited authority and China's water rights system does not comprehensively regulate all water users.

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    China's water governance system faces both horizontal and vertical fragmentation. Horizontally, several government ministries share responsibility for water management, leading to a lack of coordination. Vertically, water management responsibilities are divided across multiple levels of government separated by administrative boundaries rather than river basins. This fragmentation makes transboundary river management difficult and competition between governments discourages investments that benefit areas outside their jurisdiction. River basin management commissions also have limited authority and China's water rights system does not comprehensively regulate all water users.

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    China's water governance system faces both horizontal and vertical fragmentation. Horizontally, several government ministries share responsibility for water management, leading to a lack of coordination. Vertically, water management responsibilities are divided across multiple levels of government separated by administrative boundaries rather than river basins. This fragmentation makes transboundary river management difficult and competition between governments discourages investments that benefit areas outside their jurisdiction. River basin management commissions also have limited authority and China's water rights system does not comprehensively regulate all water users.

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    Water Governance in China

    Vertical and Horizontal Fragmentation

    Chinas Water Risk - Spatial and Temporal


    Chinas Water Sustainability in the 21st Century: Role of Climate and Multi-Sector Demands in Water Risk Assessment Chen Xi 1, 3*, Naresh Devineni2, Upmanu Lall2, 3, Hao Zhenchun1, Ju Qin1, Wang jiahu1, Wang Shicheng4

    Horizontal Fragmentation in Water Management

    National Peoples Congress

    Ministry of Water Resources

    Ministry of environmental protection

    Ministry of agriculture

    State forest administration

    State Oceanic administration

    National development and reform commission

    Ministry of housing and rural construction

    Ministry of land and resources

    Ministry of Transportation

    River Basin Management Commissions (RBMC): subordinate organization of the MWR for its seven large river/lake basins (six river basin management commissions and the Lake Tai Basin Management Agency). Responsible for preparing basin-wide water allocation plans and providing technical direction and guidance to local governments within the basin.

    The State Council

    Centrally: National Peoples Congress and State Council play overarching role through enactment of laws/regulations and supervising their implementation and coordination For example, the 12th Five Year Plan

    Ministries Ministry of water resources - water allocation planning and water rights administration Ministry of environmental protection - responsible for water pollution prevention and control State oceanic administration - sea area use, marine environment Ministry of housing and urban and rural construction - urban water supply, urban wastewater Ministry of finance - pollution levy, wastewater treatment pricing, water pricing policy Ministry of agriculture - rural agriculture water use and water pollution Ministry of land and resource - water as a resource, land planning

    Lack of coordination in between ministries


    Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Water Resources both monitor water quality of major rivers, but have their own monitoring stations, and do not share their respective database - their data ends up different.

    Vertical Fragmentation in Water Management

    Communist Party

    Discipline Commission

    Politiburo

    Party Elders

    National Peoples Congress


    - Circular Economy Promotion Law - Prevention and Control of Water Pollution Law - Interim Measures of Public Participation in EIA Law - Environmental Impact Assessments Law - Water Law - Soil and Water Conservation Law - Environmental Protection Law - Promotion of Clean Production Law

    State Council Ministry of Water Resources River basin management commission

    Provincial Water Resource bureau

    Prefecture Water Resource bureau Courts and Tribunals - Peoples supreme court - Peoples high court - Prefecture courts - County courts County Water Resource bureau Township water stations

    Vertical fragmentation
    each level of government has water management responsibilities, separated at administrative boundaries, not river basin levels competition between government makes transboundary river management more difficult for example, benefits from pollution abatement and water savings in one province will be felt farther downstream. however majority of the funding for pollution control and water-saving investments must come from local budgets with only small share contributed by the central government

    The River Basin Management Commission


    Subordinate organization of the MWR for its seven large river/lake basins (six river basin management commissions and the Lake Tai Basin Management Agency). Responsible for preparing basin-wide water allocation plans and providing technical direction and guidance to local governments within the basin. Only has authority to monitor water quality, not pollution control at its source

    Basin wide water allocation plans are prepared by the RBMCs, water rights at user level are administered by local governments, which are not represented in the RBMC.
    Current water rights administration does not cover all water users Irrigation are allocated to intermediary organisations responsible for irrigation rather than end users. Farmers withdraw water without permits, notably from underground aquifers, which are not regulated at all Despite provisions and principles for water rights transfers, there are no specific regulations on conditions, procedures, and operating guidelines for such transfers.

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