Report on Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection 2019

The Changjiang Water Resources Commission (CWRC) is a river basin authority dispatched by the Ministry of Water Resources to exercise water administrative functions in the Yangtze River Basin and other river basins of southwestern China (west to and inclusive of the Lancang River). Established in February 1950, the CWRC has 15,000 employees, among whom there are more than 7,600 technical professionals, including academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering and national engineering survey and design masters. The CWRC is in charge of flood control and disaster mitigation, comprehensive utilization of water resources, water ecological environment protection and restoration, and integrated river basin management. lt compiled and revised the Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin, and has drawn the attention of the world by designing water conservancy projects such as the Three Gorges Project, the Middle Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project, flood diversion works on the Jingjiang River section, and the Gezhouba and Danjiangkou projects.

Chapter 1. Importance of Yangtze River.- Chapter 2. Stages of Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection.- Chapter 3. Achievements in Rehabilitation and Protection.- Chapter 4. Situation Facing the Yangtze Rehabilitation and Protection in the New Era.- Chapter 5. Visions on Yangtze River Rehabilitation and Protection.- Chapter 6. Strategic Measures.- Chapter 7. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin.- Chapter 8. Change of River-lake Relation and the Regulation of Dongting and Poyang Lakes.- Chapter 9. Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin.- Chapter 10. Joint Operation of the Group Reservoirs.- Chapter 11. Water Resources Protection.- Chapter 12. Major Scientific and Technological Research Subjects.