river system, China Also known as: Hsi Chiang system, Si Kiang system, Xi Jiang system Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by worki...
Zheng, head of the Mao'er Mountain police station in Xing'an County of the city of Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been doing this work for 16 years. Zheng and his colleagues conduct their long-range patrols, lasting over 10 hours, once or twice a month, whi...
In 2016, China issued directives to step up the conservation of the Yangtze River and stop its overdevelopment. The next year, Chongqing's municipal authorities ceased the planned real estate development on the island and launched comprehensive and systematic ecological restoration projects. According t...
According to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), from January to May, 94 percent of the water quality at the monitored sections along the Yangtze River Economic Belt reached Grade III or above in China's five-tier system, and the water quality of all the main streams of the Ya...
East China’s Jiangsu province will put into effect its regulations on river course management on January 1st next year in a bid to push the river chief system across the province to combat water pollution. Heads of the government at the provincial, prefectural city, county or county level ...
For the second consecutive year, the quality of the Yellow River's main course has met Grade II standards, the vice-chairman said. China uses a five-tier quality system for surface water, with Grade I being the highest. Li al...
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the management of the Yellow River was upgraded from flood control at the lower reaches, to comprehensive control of the whole river basin and branch basins. Comprehensive treatment Jiuyuan valley in Suide, a county under the city of Yulin...
"Since the founding of New China, large-scale protection of the river has been carried out and great achievements have been made in flood control. Still, in flooding seasons, we never lower our guard, in order to keep the embankments safe," Zhang said. ...
BEIJING, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Yangtze River, the longest waterway in China, saw further improvement in its water quality in 2023 as the country continued its efforts to protect this river, an official said Tuesday. It was the fourth consecutive year that the main stream of the Yangtze ...
The Yellow River, China's second-largest river after the Yangtze, is dubbed the "mother river." In recent years, continued efforts have been made to protect its ecology, with the Yellow River Protection Law coming into effect on April 1, 2023. ...