7.4 Promote rational use of resources

    We will strengthen land resources management. As required by the strictest basic farmland protection, we will prevent excessive growth of land used for construction and reinforce land redevelopment and consolidation of old city districts and deserted industrial sites. We will pay attention to integrated development of land used for construction. We will support land consolidation and reuse in deserted mining mountains, lands heavily salinized and coast beaches. Functional system for land purchase and reserve must be established and reinforced. We must standardize leasing system for land used for commercial activities, strengthen land property rights registration and land assets management, and make good arrangement for compensating farmers whose land has been expropriated or requisitioned.

    We must optimize water resource allocation. We will strengthen the protection of drinking water sources and the construction of inter-regional water diversion project, build up capability for water resources allocation and urban water supply capacity, We will raise flood resistance capacity in cities, major towns and mining areas by accelerating projects to enhance waterproof improvement projects of medium-and-large reservoirs. We must formulate a reasonable plan in identifying the direction and priorities of water exploitation and achieve joint utilization of surface water, underground water and water channeled from other regions. We will spread the use of water-saving irrigation technologies, adopt comprehensive water-saving measures, build water-saving farms and pastures, and upgrade water-saving technologies in water-intensive industries such as thermal power, metallurgy and so on. We will raise water recycling rate in industrial use, extend the utilization of water-saving facilities in both urban and rural areas, enlarge the use of recycled water and try to raise the recycled water utilization rate to over 20 percent by the end of 11th Five-Year Plan period. We will set up and improve the distribution and transfer system of water rights and strengthen management system by combining water valley management and regional water resources management.

Column 12  Hydraulic Engineering Projects in Northeast China Large water control and diversion projects: to complete the construction of water diversion project at Dahuofang reservoir, water control projects at Xishan reservoir and Laolongkou water conservancy project; to build water control and diversion project at Sanwan, and the second phase of water project at Taoshan reservoir, and water project at Qinglongshan reservoir; to complete preparation work for water projects as Hadashan hydrojunction, Jinling reservoir, water conservancy project at Bila river estuary, Qingshan reservoir, water transfer from Songhua River to supply city clusters Jilin province, from Nen River to Baicheng City, and water supply project in Dalian City and so on. Irrigated area projects: to finish the expansion project of Nirji water conservancy project for diverting water from Nen river, and make preparation for projects in large irrigated area in Sanjiang, Songnen and Liao River plains and kick off these projects when time is ripe, etc.

    Moreover, we will exploit ore resources in an orderly way, reinforce the coordinated planning of mineral resources survey and exploitation, step up certification and authorization management. Prospecting activities of oil and natural gas in Songnen Plain as well as nonferrous metals, precious metal, underground water and other important non-metal resources in Daxinganling Mountains, Xiaoxinganling Mountains, Changbai Mountain and other surrouding places will be more frequent. We will initiate pilot project in Wengquangou of Fengcheng City in Liaoning province for integrated development of iron-boron mine, raise the recovery rate and integrate utilization rate of mineral resources, push forward the recycling of industrial residue and tailing minerals, improve mineral resources development management system by allocating according to law the prospecting rights and exploiting rights. We must establish mineral rights trading system, improve exploration system with explorers paying at price and compensation mechanism for environmental restoration in mining areas.

    Furthermore, we shall make rational use of forest and grassland resources. We must strengthen the protection of natural forests in Daxinganling Mountains, Xiaoxinganling Mountains, Changbai Mountain and scientifically renew resources of "Three North Shelterbelts" so as to ensure that forestry resources are growing faster than the amount reduced by felling. We must establish state strategic bases for timber reserve, make rational use of and protect natural pastures in Hulunbeier and Xilinguole, etc, prevent excessive grazing, and restore fertility and ecological functions of grasslands.

    Last but not least, we shall protect and explore marine resources. We must actively develop marine oil and natural gas resources, thermal energy and sea water chemical resources. Excessive fishing near shore must be strictly prohibited and dynamic balance of biological resources must be kept. We must ensure that aquaculture development in shallow sea must not exceed sustaining capacity of marine environment, control the land reclaiming activities, and exercise treatment of coastal areas. Exploitation of marine sand must be restricted, and management of strand wetland, islands and marine natural reserves must be enhanced to maintain a sound ecological system in coastal area.

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