Report on River Management Considering Nature and Ecosystem in China

Abstract

Latest research on China’s river improvement of nature and ecosystem is purely focusing the feasibilities, conceptions, methodologies, specific cases, and the like. Few have investigated the transition of China’s concerned national policies as well as briefly summarized related constructing projects. Therefore, this paper carefully analyzed the frequency of the word ecology and outlined key points concerning water conservancy, within each Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China which are top blueprints containing the country’s social, economic, political goals, etc. Then, a retrospection and current mechanism of river riparian improvements in China were given, based on collecting and analyzing various policies as well as vast implementation conditions. Finally, a typical case of river improvement in Xinjiangwancheng, Shanghai was shortly introduced. Our findings showed that conservation and restoration activities regarding riverside ecosystem have been booming in China since 2001.