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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) — China has made historic achievements in river conservation and management in recent years, according to an analysis released Friday.
The report, titled “River Governance for National Prosperity and Public Welfare – A Study on Water Strategy in the New Era,” was jointly released by the National Research Center of the Xinhua News Agency and the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research under the Ministry of Water Resources.
China has significantly strengthened measures to combat floods, ensure drinking water, food security and environmental safety, thereby laying a more solid foundation for high-quality socio-economic development, the report says.
The share of economic losses associated with floods in relation to GDP decreased in China from 0.49 percent in 2005-2014 to 0.23 percent in 2015-2024.
Since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, despite the country's GDP nearly doubling, total water consumption has remained virtually unchanged at under 610 billion cubic meters. The water intensity ratio of GDP and industrial production (water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP and industrial production) has decreased by 52 percent and 63 percent, respectively.
China, with only 6 percent of the world's fresh water resources, feeds almost 20 percent of the planet's population, and its share of the total global economy is more than 18 percent.
At the same time, the country has managed to significantly improve the condition of rivers and lakes. One example: by the end of September 2025, the groundwater level in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region had risen by 8.46 meters compared to 2018, the report states. -0-
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