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Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Investigation and Planning

Chapter III Utilization and Management

Chapter IV Protection

Chapter V Monitoring and Supervision

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 In order to strengthen the protection and management of groundwater, scientifically and rationally utilize groundwater, and realize the safe and sustainable utilization of groundwater, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with People’s Republic of China (PRC) Water Law, People’s Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Prevention Law, Groundwater Management Regulations and other laws and administrative regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province.

Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the investigation, planning, utilization and protection, monitoring, supervision and management of groundwater within the administrative area of this province.

The term "groundwater" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to the water body below the surface.

Article 3 The protection and utilization of groundwater shall follow the principles of overall planning, strict protection, giving priority to water conservation, balancing exploitation and compensation, and preventing pollution.

Article 4 This province implements the system of total groundwater intake control and water level control, adheres to the overall allocation of surface water and groundwater, and gives priority to the use of surface water and other alternative water sources.

Article 5 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall take overall responsibility for the protection and management of groundwater within their administrative areas, and incorporate the infrastructure construction such as groundwater protection, conservation and monitoring into the national economic and social development plan at the corresponding level, and the required funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level.

The people’s governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the requirements of the red line of ecological protection, incorporate the implementation of mandatory constraint control indicators for groundwater development and utilization, conservation and protection and pollution prevention into the comprehensive evaluation system of local economic and social development and the annual target responsibility content, and implement strict assessment management.

Township (town) people’s governments and sub-district offices shall assist and cooperate in the supervision, management and service related to groundwater in their respective areas.

Sixth water administrative departments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the unified management and supervision of groundwater within their respective administrative areas in accordance with their statutory duties.

The competent administrative department of ecological environment at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of groundwater pollution prevention and control within their respective administrative areas. The administrative departments of natural resources at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, do a good job in the investigation and monitoring of groundwater within their respective administrative areas.

Housing and urban and rural construction, agriculture and rural areas, energy, meteorology and other departments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management and supervision of groundwater within their respective administrative areas in accordance with the division of responsibilities.

Article 7 People’s governments at or above the county level shall encourage and support scientific research and teaching units, technology popularization institutions, other social organizations, enterprises, institutions and individuals to carry out scientific research and technology popularization in groundwater development and utilization, conservation and protection, pollution prevention and water conservation.

Article 8 The people’s governments at or above the county level and their water conservancy, natural resources, ecological environment, education, science and technology, cultural tourism, radio and television and other relevant departments shall organize and carry out publicity on groundwater public welfare, popularize scientific knowledge, and enhance the public’s awareness of water conservation and groundwater protection.

Encourage and support schools, kindergartens, village (neighborhood) committees, groundwater industry associations and other social organizations and volunteers to carry out publicity and education on groundwater protection laws and regulations and related knowledge.

Article 9 All units and individuals have the obligation to protect and save groundwater, and have the right to complain and report acts of destruction, waste, pollution and illegal exploitation of groundwater.

The water administrative department and other relevant administrative departments shall, after accepting the complaints and reports, verify them in time, investigate and deal with them according to law, and report the investigation results to the complainants and informants, and announce them to the public when necessary.

Chapter II Investigation and Planning

Tenth people’s governments at or above the county level shall organize the administrative departments of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment to carry out the investigation and evaluation of groundwater conditions.

The results of investigation and evaluation are an important basis for the planning of groundwater protection and utilization, pollution prevention and control, and groundwater management. The results of investigation and evaluation shall be announced to the public according to law.

Article 11 The water administrative department at or above the county level shall, according to the results of groundwater investigation and evaluation, the carrying capacity of water resources and the trend of economic and social development, organize the preparation of groundwater protection and utilization planning in its administrative area in accordance with the principle of water demand and water quantity, solicit the opinions of the relevant administrative departments of the people’s government at the same level, and report it to the people’s government at the same level for approval and implementation.

Groundwater protection and utilization planning should include groundwater resources and its development and utilization status, groundwater protection and utilization objectives and overall layout, main tasks, as well as groundwater conservation and over-exploitation management and other major measures.

Twelfth groundwater protection and utilization planning should be subject to the comprehensive planning of water resources, river basin planning and groundwater protection and utilization planning at the next higher level.

The compilation of national economic and social development planning, land space planning and other related planning, and the layout of major construction projects should adhere to the principles of determining cities, land, people and production by water, adapt to the conditions of groundwater resources and the requirements of groundwater protection, and conduct scientific argumentation.

The opinions of experts, the public and relevant units shall be solicited for the planning of groundwater protection and utilization.

Thirteenth groundwater protection and utilization planning shall be announced to the public after approval, and reported to the water administrative department at the next higher level for the record.

Groundwater protection and utilization planning shall be strictly implemented and shall not be changed without authorization. If it is really necessary to change, it shall be reported to the original approval authority for approval in accordance with the planning procedures.

Article 14 The competent administrative department of ecological environment at or above the county level shall, on the basis of the results of investigation and evaluation of groundwater resources, carry out investigation on groundwater pollution, work out plans for prevention and control of groundwater pollution in conjunction with the administrative departments of water conservancy and natural resources at the same level, report them to the people’s government at the same level for approval and implementation, and announce them to the public.

The plan for the prevention and control of groundwater pollution shall delimit the key areas for the prevention and control of groundwater pollution.

Fifteenth people’s governments at or above the county level shall regularly organize supervision, inspection and evaluation of the implementation of groundwater protection and utilization planning and groundwater pollution prevention and control planning.

Article 16 The provincial water administrative department shall, jointly with the provincial natural resources administrative department, organize the delineation of the forbidden and restricted areas of groundwater in the whole province according to the delineation of groundwater over-exploitation area, groundwater utilization and geological environment conditions, and announce them to the public after approval by the provincial people’s government, and report them to the water administrative department of the State Council for the record.

The following areas shall be designated as prohibited groundwater exploitation areas:

(1) Areas where serious ground subsidence, ground fissures, vegetation degradation and other geological disasters or ecological damage have occurred;

(two) the area covered by the public water supply pipe network in the groundwater over-exploitation area;

(3) Areas where the water supply demand has been met through alternative water sources;

(four) the exploitation of groundwater may seriously damage the ecological environment or cause great harm to the public interest;

(five) the areas under the protection of key cultural relics protection units;

(six) other areas where the exploitation of groundwater is prohibited by laws and regulations.

The following areas shall be designated as restricted groundwater exploitation areas:

(a) the area where the groundwater exploitation amount is close to the exploitable amount;

(2) Areas where the exploitation of groundwater may cause geological disasters or ecological damage;

(three) general cultural relics protection areas and scenic spots;

(four) other areas where the exploitation of groundwater is restricted by laws and regulations.

Chapter III Utilization and Management

Seventeenth access to groundwater should be mainly shallow groundwater. It is forbidden to mine groundwater that is difficult to renew, except under the circumstances stipulated by laws and regulations.

Article 18 The total groundwater intake control index and groundwater level control index at or above the county level in this province shall be formulated by the provincial water administrative department jointly with relevant departments according to the total groundwater intake control index issued by the state, and shall be implemented after being approved by the provincial people’s government, and reported to the the State Council water administrative department or its authorized river basin management institution for the record.

The total annual groundwater exploitation in each administrative region shall not exceed the approved total groundwater intake control index, and the groundwater level shall not be lower than the groundwater level control index.

The water administrative department at or above the county level shall formulate the annual groundwater intake plan according to the groundwater protection and utilization planning, total groundwater intake control index and groundwater level control index within their respective administrative areas, and the groundwater demand and water use structure calculated by scientific analysis, implement total groundwater intake control within their respective administrative areas, and report it to the water administrative department at the next higher level for the record.

New construction, renovation or expansion projects need to increase the groundwater intake, under the premise of not exceeding the regional total water intake control and water level control indicators, rational allocation.

Nineteenth industry, agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and grass industry, energy, transportation, tourism, natural resources development and other special planning, development zone, new district planning, etc., involving the development and utilization of groundwater, should be carried out to demonstrate the planning of water resources.

If a construction project that needs to apply for a water intake permit uses groundwater, it shall prepare a water resources demonstration report.

Twentieth construction projects that use groundwater as water supply source or may have an impact on groundwater environment shall include the contents of groundwater impact assessment.

Twenty-first units and individuals who use groundwater shall pay water resource tax according to the scope and procedures stipulated by the state and the province’s system of paid use of water resources.

Article 22 Where a groundwater intake project is to be built, the water intake unit or individual shall apply to the water administrative department at or above the county level with jurisdiction for water intake, attach a construction plan for groundwater intake project, and carry out the construction by itself or by entrusting a unit with corresponding professional and technical capabilities in accordance with the requirements of the approval document for water intake permit. The construction unit shall not undertake the underground water intake project that should be obtained but has not obtained the water intake permit.

The construction unit shall organize the construction in accordance with the approved water intake location, sinking depth, mining interval and relevant technical specifications. During construction, if it is found that the actual situation is quite different from the construction plan or the geological environment is not suitable for continued construction, the construction shall be stopped immediately, and the water intake unit or individual shall promptly report to the water administrative department at or above the county level that approved the application for water intake.

The groundwater intake project for the purpose of monitoring and exploration does not need to apply for a water intake permit, and the construction unit shall report to the water administrative department at the county level where the water intake project is located for the record before construction.

The term "groundwater intake project" as mentioned in these Regulations refers to groundwater intake wells and their supporting facilities, including wells, water collection corridors, water collection tanks, seepage canals, water injection wells, and intake wells and recharge wells of geothermal energy development and utilization projects requiring water intake.

Twenty-third new construction, renovation and expansion of groundwater intake projects, metering facilities should be installed at the same time. If metering facilities are not installed in the existing groundwater intake project, they shall be installed within the time limit prescribed by the water administrative department.

Units or individuals that use groundwater with an annual permitted water volume of more than 50,000 cubic meters shall install online metering facilities for groundwater intake and transmit the metering data to the water administrative department with jurisdiction in real time.

If the annual license of geothermal energy development and utilization projects requiring water intake reaches more than 50,000 cubic meters, online metering facilities for groundwater intake and recharge shall be installed, and the metering data shall be transmitted to the water administrative department with management authority in real time.

Twenty-fourth groundwater intake project has been completed and put into trial operation for thirty days, and the water intake unit or individual shall apply to the water intake permit examination and approval authority for water intake acceptance.

The examination and approval authority for water intake permit shall, within 15 days from the date of receiving the application and materials for verification of water intake projects submitted by water intake units or individuals, conduct on-site verification of groundwater intake projects and issue verification opinions. If the inspection is qualified, the water intake permit shall be issued.

Article 25 If a small amount of water needs to be dug outside the boundaries of urban development, such as family life, sporadic free-range livestock and poultry drinking, etc., it shall be registered with the water administrative department at the county level after the completion of the sinking. The limit of a small amount of water intake shall be stipulated by the provincial people’s government.

The township (town) people’s government, street offices and village (neighborhood) committees shall assist and cooperate with the water administrative department to do relevant work.

Article 26 People’s governments at or above the county level shall take measures such as price subsidies, encourage and support agricultural irrigation to give priority to the use of surface water, popularize water-saving technologies such as drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation, and reduce the exploitation of groundwater by agricultural irrigation.

Article 27 If the drainage capacity of mining mineral deposits or building underground projects reaches a certain scale, it shall apply for water intake permit according to law, formulate drainage schemes, install drainage metering facilities, and regularly submit the drainage capacity and groundwater level to the water intake permit examination and approval authority. Mining units or construction units shall, in accordance with the water permit approval documents and drainage scheme, drain, recycle or discharge up to the standard, and shall not expand the drainage area and change the discharge location without authorization. The scale of drainage is formulated and published by the provincial people’s government.

Encourage mining units or construction units to take technical measures such as artificial recharge and recycling, and give priority to the use of mine water and construction drainage. If it cannot be fully utilized, it shall be discharged after reaching the standard.

If the groundwater level drops, the water source dries up or the ground collapses due to drainage, the mining unit or the construction unit shall take timely engineering and technical measures to remedy it; If losses are caused to the life and production of others, compensation shall be given according to law.

Those who exploit oil, natural gas and other resources by water injection shall strictly implement national technical standards and norms to prevent cascading pollution of groundwater.

Twenty-eighth geothermal energy development and utilization projects that need water should meet the requirements of groundwater protection and utilization planning within their respective administrative areas. It is forbidden to build geothermal energy development projects that need water in groundwater drinking water source protection areas and groundwater forbidden mining areas. It is forbidden to extract groundwater that is difficult to update for geothermal energy development and utilization projects that need water.

Units or individuals building geothermal energy development and utilization projects that need water should be constructed in accordance with the requirements of relevant national technical specifications. Water intake wells and recharge wells should be arranged in the same aquifer, keeping a reasonable number and spacing. All water intake should be recharged to the same aquifer, and pollution to groundwater is strictly prohibited.

Twenty-ninth people’s governments at or above the county level shall plan, build and determine the emergency source of groundwater for emergency use in the event of severe drought and emergencies. Groundwater emergency water source project, unified management by the water administrative department.

Chapter IV Protection

Thirtieth delineation, supervision and management of urban and rural residents’ groundwater drinking water source protection areas shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state and the province on the management of urban and rural drinking water source protection areas.

The people’s governments at or above the county level shall promote the construction of centralized water supply projects in rural areas, strengthen the protection of groundwater drinking water sources, regularly monitor the water sources and water quality, and ensure the safety of drinking water for rural residents.

Article 31 The people’s governments at or above the county level and their relevant administrative departments in charge of water conservancy, ecological environment, housing and urban and rural construction, forestry, etc. shall organize relevant units to take engineering and biotechnology measures to increase groundwater recharge and conserve groundwater in a planned way in accordance with the principle of giving priority to natural restoration and combining artificial restoration.

Thirty-second people’s governments at or above the county level shall strengthen the protection and management of wetlands, and give play to the functions and functions of wetlands in purifying water quality and replenishing and conserving groundwater.

It is forbidden to drain or permanently cut off the water source of natural wetlands within the scope of wetland protection, discharge sewage and wastewater that do not meet the discharge standards of water pollutants, and dump, pile up, discard or scatter solid wastes.

The pavement of urban roads should adopt environmentally-friendly building materials and structural forms with strong water permeability, and increase the supply of surface water to groundwater.

Article 33 The provincial water administrative department shall, jointly with the relevant departments of the people’s government at the corresponding level, formulate a comprehensive control plan for groundwater overexploitation within its administrative area, and report it to the water administrative department of the State Council for the record after being approved by the provincial people’s government.

The people’s governments of cities and counties (cities, districts) divided into districts with over-exploitation of groundwater shall, on the basis of the comprehensive control scheme for over-exploitation of groundwater at the provincial level, compile the comprehensive control scheme for over-exploitation of groundwater in their respective administrative areas and report it to the water administrative department at a higher level for the record.

The comprehensive control plan of groundwater overexploitation should define the objectives, measures and responsibilities, rationally adjust the water use structure, reduce the amount of groundwater exploitation, and conserve and restore groundwater.

Thirty-fourth, except in the following circumstances, it is forbidden to take groundwater in the prohibited area of groundwater exploitation:

(a) in order to ensure the safety of underground engineering construction and production safety, temporary emergency water intake (drainage) must be carried out;

(two) to eliminate the harm to public safety or public interests;

(3) Taking a small amount of water for groundwater monitoring, exploration and testing.

In addition to the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph, it is forbidden to add groundwater in the restricted groundwater exploitation area, and gradually reduce the groundwater intake; After the circumstances specified in the preceding paragraph are eliminated, the use of groundwater shall be stopped immediately.

Self-provided groundwater intake projects that need to be closed according to law but have good well completion conditions and guaranteed water quality and quantity are registered and sealed, and incorporated into the management of groundwater emergency water source system.

Article 35 In the over-exploitation area of groundwater, the people’s governments at or above the county level shall take measures such as artificial recharge in a planned way to increase the effective recharge of groundwater.

If artificial recharge is used to recharge groundwater, the quality of recharge water shall not be inferior to that of aquifer groundwater and the target water quality of groundwater functional area. Before taking artificial recharge measures, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall organize technical demonstration and strict management. It is forbidden to use waste water for groundwater recharge.

Article 36 The people’s governments at or above the county level, their ecological environment and other administrative departments responsible for environmental protection supervision shall, in accordance with the principles of giving priority to protection, giving priority to prevention, combining prevention with control, fulfilling responsibilities and strengthening supervision, strengthen the prevention and control of groundwater pollution, ensure the environmental safety of groundwater drinking water sources, implement prevention and control of pollution in key industrial industries and urban life, strictly control agricultural non-point source pollution, promote the ecological restoration of groundwater and ensure the sustainable utilization of groundwater resources.

Enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators shall prevent and reduce the pollution of groundwater and the damage to the water environment, and bear the responsibility for the damage caused according to law.

Article 37 For construction projects or activities that are prone to groundwater pollution, such as using ditches and pits to transport or store wastewater containing pollutants, sewage containing pathogens and other wastes, landfills, tailings ponds and ash storage yards, the construction unit or individual shall conduct seepage control treatment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state, and build supporting collection and treatment systems and groundwater monitoring facilities to regularly monitor water quality.

Article 38 The following acts that pollute or may pollute groundwater are prohibited:

(a) the use of seepage wells, seepage pits, cracks, caves and hidden pipes and other ways to escape supervision to discharge water pollutants;

(2) storing petrochemical raw materials and products, pesticides, hazardous wastes, sludge produced by urban sewage treatment facilities, treated sludge or other toxic and harmful substances by using rock pores, cracks, caves and abandoned pits;

(3) conveying or storing wastewater containing toxic pollutants, sewage containing pathogens and other wastes by using ditches, pits and ponds without anti-leakage measures;

(four) other acts of pollution or possible pollution of groundwater prohibited by laws and regulations.

Scrapped drilling wells, mines and water intake wells shall be sealed and backfilled according to law, so as to ensure the quality of sealed and backfilled wells and prevent groundwater from being polluted by cascading.

Article 39 Relevant administrative departments of agriculture and rural areas at or above the county level, agricultural technology popularization institutions and agricultural socialized service organizations shall organize and carry out green prevention and control technologies such as soil testing and formulated fertilization, integrated prevention and control of diseases, pests and weeds, biological control and precise application of pesticides, so as to guide farmers and agricultural production and operation organizations to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides scientifically and rationally to prevent groundwater pollution.

Groundwater and drinking water source recharge areas should take measures such as engineering and biotechnology, implement ecological compensation, reduce the application amount of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, give priority to promoting the use of biological pesticides or integrated pest control technologies with high efficiency, low toxicity and low residue, and actively develop green organic agriculture.

Chapter V Monitoring and Supervision

Article 40 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the principle of graded responsibility, organize relevant departments to prepare plans for the construction of groundwater monitoring stations network, integrate existing groundwater monitoring resources, make overall planning and rational layout of groundwater monitoring stations network, strengthen the capacity building of groundwater monitoring, and promote the modernization and informatization of monitoring work. The construction planning of groundwater monitoring stations at all levels should be connected with each other to avoid repeated construction.

The administrative departments of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment at or above the county level shall carry out groundwater monitoring to realize timely and effective collection, transmission, processing and storage of monitoring data.

Article 41 No unit or individual may occupy, destroy or use or move underground water monitoring facilities, equipment and monitoring signs without authorization.

New construction, renovation and expansion projects should avoid groundwater monitoring facilities and equipment; If it is really impossible to avoid and it is necessary to dismantle the underground water monitoring facilities and equipment, the administrative departments of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment at or above the county level shall organize the relocation in accordance with the relevant technical requirements, and the relocation expenses shall be borne by the construction unit.

Forty-second mining mineral deposits, construction of underground projects and geothermal energy development and utilization projects that need water should be synchronized with the construction and installation of groundwater monitoring facilities and equipment, and access to the groundwater monitoring station network system to transmit monitoring data.

Forty-third groundwater monitoring should be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the national monitoring technical specifications, to ensure the authenticity, accuracy and timely transmission of monitoring data, and shall not damage, conceal, forge or alter the original data of groundwater monitoring.

Forty-fourth at or above the county level water conservancy, natural resources, ecological environment, housing and urban and rural construction, meteorology and other departments related to groundwater monitoring data, the implementation of resource sharing. If it is necessary to use monitoring data for public interests, it shall be provided free of charge.

Information on the development and utilization of groundwater resources and the monitoring of groundwater environment shall be disclosed to the public by the relevant departments according to law, so as to provide convenience for the public to participate in supervision and save, protect and utilize groundwater.

Article 45 When the water conservancy, natural resources, ecological environment and other relevant administrative departments at or above the county level find that the groundwater monitoring situation has changed abnormally and is close to the control index, they shall promptly report to the people’s government at the same level and the administrative department at the next higher level, and notify the relevant people’s government to take corresponding preventive, control or remedial measures in time.

The water administrative department at or above the county level shall restrict the approval of new groundwater intake for construction projects in administrative areas where the total groundwater intake or water level is close to the control index; For administrative regions where the total amount of groundwater intake or water level has reached or exceeded the control index, the examination and approval of new groundwater intake for construction projects shall be suspended, and the groundwater intake shall be gradually reduced.

Article 46 The water administrative department at or above the county level shall establish a registration management system for groundwater intake projects, register the quantity, location, equipment operation, management and use of groundwater intake projects, and implement dynamic information management.

Scrapped mines, drilling, groundwater intake projects, or underground water intake projects that have not been completed and whose exploration tasks should be stopped according to law, shall be closed or backfilled by the project owner or management unit in accordance with relevant standards and norms within 15 working days from the date of stopping water intake, construction or exploration tasks, and inform the water administrative department at or above the county level of the situation; If the owner or management unit cannot be determined, the people’s government at or above the county level or its authorized department shall be responsible for organizing the implementation of well sealing or backfilling.

Forty-seventh the construction of groundwater intake project may affect the water rights and interests of adjacent administrative areas, and the water administrative department at or above the county level where the water intake party is located shall negotiate with the water administrative department of the adjacent party; If negotiation fails, it shall be coordinated by the common water administrative department at the next higher level.

In case of water dispute, it shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law.

Forty-eighth water administrative departments at or above the county level shall uniformly exercise the duties of groundwater supervision and management, and their subordinate groundwater management institutions shall be specifically responsible for the following daily supervision and management work:

(1) Organizing the investigation and evaluation of groundwater, and drawing up plans for groundwater protection and utilization;

(two) the supervision and management of groundwater intake projects;

(three) the implementation of groundwater monitoring station network and its information construction, collecting and sorting out monitoring information;

(four) to investigate and deal with violations of laws and regulations on groundwater management according to law;

(five) other supervision and management duties as prescribed by laws and regulations.

Article 49 The water administrative department at or above the county level shall incorporate the illegal information of enterprises, institutions and other producers and operators in the development and utilization of groundwater into the management of the public credit information system, promptly announce the list of offenders to the society, and improve the disciplinary mechanism for offenders.

Fiftieth groundwater associations and other industry organizations shall, in accordance with the provisions of laws and articles of association, strengthen the self-discipline management of groundwater industry and carry out technical guidance, training and services in the industry.

Chapter VI Legal Liability

Article 51 If the people’s governments at or above the county level and their administrative departments in charge of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment commit any of the following acts, their higher authorities shall order them to make corrections, and the responsible persons in charge and other persons directly responsible shall be punished according to law:

(1) Failure to take effective measures to expand the scope of groundwater overexploitation within the administrative area, or the groundwater pollution situation has not been improved or even deteriorated;

(two) the total control index of groundwater intake and the control index of groundwater level in the administrative area of the cost are not completed;

(three) unauthorized approval of water permits that do not meet the conditions;

(four) the groundwater level is lower than the control level without taking relevant measures;

(five) found that illegal acts are not investigated and dealt with according to law and other non-performance of supervision and management duties;

(six) other illegal acts such as abuse of power, dereliction of duty and malpractice.

Township (town) people’s government, street offices and their staff, in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 52 If, in violation of the provisions of Article 23 of these regulations, metering facilities are not installed in the groundwater intake project, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall order it to be installed within a time limit, and the relevant expenses shall be levied according to the water intake calculated by the daily maximum water intake capacity, and a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the water permit shall be revoked.

If the metering facilities are unqualified or operate abnormally, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall order them to be replaced or repaired within a time limit; If it is not replaced or repaired within the time limit, the relevant expenses shall be levied according to the daily maximum water intake capacity, and a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the water permit shall be revoked.

In the Yellow River Basin, if online metering facilities are not installed as required, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall order it to be installed within a time limit, and the relevant expenses shall be assessed according to the daily maximum water intake capacity, and a fine of not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 100,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the water intake permit shall be revoked; If the online metering facilities are unqualified or abnormal, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall order them to be replaced or repaired within a time limit; If it is not replaced or repaired within the time limit, the relevant expenses shall be levied according to the daily maximum water intake capacity, and a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the water permit shall be revoked.

Article 53 If, in violation of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 27 of these regulations, the drainage of mineral resources exploitation and underground engineering construction should be submitted regularly and the drainage amount and groundwater level are not submitted, the water administrative department at or above the county level shall order it to make a supplementary report within a time limit; Those who fail to make up the report within the time limit shall be fined not less than 20,000 yuan but not more than 100,000 yuan.

Fifty-fourth in violation of the provisions of these regulations, causing groundwater pollution, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Environmental Protection Law" and "People’s Republic of China (PRC) Water Pollution Prevention Law".

Article 55 Whoever, in violation of the provisions of Article 41 of these regulations, encroaches on, destroys or moves underground water monitoring facilities and equipment and monitoring signs without authorization shall be ordered by the administrative department of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment at or above the county level to stop the illegal act, take remedial measures within a time limit and be fined between 20,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan; If remedial measures are not taken within the time limit, the administrative departments of water conservancy, natural resources and ecological environment at or above the county level shall organize remedial measures, and the expenses required shall be borne by the violator.

Article 56 If the water administrative department at or above the county level imposes a fine of more than 5,000 yuan on an individual or 50,000 yuan on a unit, it shall inform the parties of their right to request a hearing.

Fifty-seventh acts in violation of the provisions of these regulations, laws and regulations have penalties, from its provisions. If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions

Article 58 Where laws and regulations have other provisions on the management of mineral water and geothermal water, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 59 These Regulations shall come into force as of April 1, 2016.

　　In April, Zanzibar Island in Tanzania, which is located on the east African coast near the equator, is in the long rainy season. This season is a rare comfort period for the residents of the island, but it also hides health risks.

　　Saleh Juma, a disease control expert in the planning department for prevention and control of tropical diseases in Pemba, the Ministry of Health of Zanzibar, is conducting health education with the theme of "healthy water use and schistosomiasis prevention" in schools in Mtangani village, the port town of Mkoani, Pemba Island, Zanzibar. After entering the rainy season, the ponds on Pemba Island became full and the number of ponds began to increase. At this time, the prevention and control of infectious diseases and propaganda work must keep up, because these ponds are likely to harbor an accomplice of schistosomiasis japonica — — Blister snail

　　The vector water snail is the intermediate host of schistosomiasis in Egypt. It is difficult to find the blister snail in dry season, but it appears in ponds, rivers and streams in rainy season. People are prone to get sick when they come into contact with water containing blister snail infected by Schistosoma japonicum. This is very dangerous for children who like to play in the water.

　　What Saleh Juma told the students this time is mainly the importance of safe water use, what the blister snail looks like, and what symptoms need medical treatment … … The classic practices of safe water use, disease investigation and treatment, and vector snail control in the comprehensive management of schistosomiasis prevention and control in China have been transferred to local public health institutions through the China-Africa health cooperation project, which has played an important role in effectively controlling the epidemic of schistosomiasis and achieving the goal of schistosomiasis elimination.

　　China’s Trinity Model Helps the Prevention and Control of Schistosomiasis in Africa.

　　Ponds on Pemba Island in Zanzibar (provided by the respondents)

　　Schistosomiasis is prevalent in 78 countries and regions in tropical and subtropical regions. The World Health Organization classifies schistosomiasis as a "neglected tropical disease", which is the second largest parasitic disease in the world after malaria. According to the World Health Organization, in 2020, about 800 million people in the world will live in endemic areas of schistosomiasis, and 241 million people will need treatment, of which more than 90% will be in Africa, and the infection situation will be particularly serious in poor communities without access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation facilities. Zanzibar is a severe endemic area of schistosomiasis.

　　In 2011, the survey results of 24 schools in Pemba Island of Zanzibar showed that the average infection rate of schistosomiasis was 15%. Saleh Juma recalled the schistosomiasis epidemic in Zanzibar: half the children in some families were infected with schistosomiasis, and most hospitals did not have the ability to diagnose and treat schistosomiasis. Although some children have been treated with drugs, they are extremely lack of health knowledge, and the water vector blister snail has not been effectively controlled, so they are infected with schistosomiasis again when swimming and playing in the water. Although the World Health Organization calls schistosomiasis in Egypt a neglected tropical disease, its harm is not small. Its adults are mainly parasitic on human bladder tissue, which can lead to hematuria, dysuria, hydronephrosis and renal failure, and even cause canceration of bladder tissue, seriously affecting development and reproduction. "Every time I see children in Zanzibar suffering from this disease, I feel very sad." Saleh Juma said.

　　Since 2003, many international organizations, such as Zanzibar Elimination of Schistosomiasis Transmission (ZEST), have carried out research on schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar in order to help local people achieve the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis. Yakub Shoka, Health Department of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, said that although international aid organizations have been here for many years to control the epidemic, the infection rate of schistosomiasis is still repeated, and it is difficult to control it to a low level. "As a developing country and region, at that time, we very much hoped to get China’s help to rescue the people in the epidemic area who were in dire straits."

　　In 2013, an expert group on schistosomiasis control in China came to Zanzibar to investigate the local schistosomiasis epidemic, and then China, Zanzibar and the World Health Organization signed a memorandum of understanding on the cooperation project on schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar in 2014. In 2016, Jiangsu Institute of Schistosomiasis Control undertook the technical cooperation project of schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar aided by China, which opened the first exploration of health cooperation between China and international organizations in African countries. 2017— In 2020, China provided financial and technical support and sent a total of 30 people to Zanzibar to carry out technical cooperation projects on schistosomiasis control.

　　"There are 5 Chinese experts in each batch, and they will work together with more than 20 of our technicians on the spot." Saleh Juma said, "We have a hot climate here, and water and electricity are often cut off. At the beginning of the project, some of our colleagues were worried that China experts could not adapt to the environment here, but six groups of China experts fought side by side with them, went deep into the front line, overcame all difficulties, and carried out a series of work covering the whole island of Pemba, such as schistosomiasis screening and treatment, snail detection, environmental transformation, information system construction, health education, etc., which really made us feel the "truthfulness, truthfulness, closeness and sincerity" of China experts. In the past three years, the infection rate of schistosomiasis in the demonstration area has dropped from 8.92% to 0.64%, and the health awareness of residents has also been greatly improved, achieving the goal that other international organizations have not achieved in the past 10 years. We are all excited to achieve such good results. "

　　"The key to this achievement is that we have implemented a Chinese-style comprehensive schistosomiasis control strategy here." Yang Kun, deputy director of Jiangsu Institute of Schistosomiasis Control and head of China’s technical cooperation project on schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar, said that before the arrival of experts from China, the prevention and control of schistosomiasis in Africa mainly implemented chemotherapy for the target population based on international aid, but comprehensive prevention and control measures such as media control, environmental improvement, safe water use and health education could not be universally implemented. "

　　There are six kinds of schistosomiasis parasitic on human body, among which Schistosoma japonicum, Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma aegypti are the most prevalent, and people are generally susceptible. At present, there is no specific vaccine. The article published in China Journal of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, Scientific Basis of Schistosomiasis Control Strategy in China and Prospect of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, points out that Schistosoma japonicum is one of the major public health problems in China, with a recorded history of more than 2,100 years. In the early days of the founding of New China, there were 11 million patients nationwide, and nearly 5 million people were infected with schistosomiasis in 38 counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. After effective control, remarkable achievements have been made in schistosomiasis control in China, and all endemic areas of schistosomiasis have reached the transmission control standard. Yang Kun said: "Jiangsu Province, as one of the provinces with the most serious schistosomiasis epidemic, has always adopted a comprehensive prevention and control strategy of paying equal attention to the source of infection and snail control, and relied on new technologies such as snail control drugs, rapid diagnostic screening, information management, and agricultural and water conservancy environment renovation projects obtained by scientific and technological innovation. The epidemic situation of schistosomiasis in Jiangsu Province has continued to decline steadily, achieving the goal of blocking the spread of schistosomiasis in 2019, and now there have been no local infected patients for 14 consecutive years. Now experts from China have brought this experience to Africa, organically combined China’s experience, local demand and international rules, and successfully landed in Africa, and the control effect has been highly affirmed by the local government.The tripartite cooperation project on schistosomiasis control among China, the World Health Organization and Zanzibar has been written into the White Paper on China’s International Development Cooperation in the New Era. "

The World Health Organization evaluation expert group evaluated the field vector control of schistosomiasis aid in mulberry (provided by the interviewed institutions)

　　"Thank you for sharing! In the past three years, it has played a better demonstration for us to eliminate schistosomiasis. " The then Tanzanian President of Zanzibar Sheikh said that the government and people of China have provided many selfless assistance to Zanzibar, and the schistosomiasis control project is another important achievement of long-term friendly cooperation between Zanzibar and China in the medical and health fields. "Public health foreign aid projects such as China’s technical cooperation project for schistosomiasis control in Zanzibar not only effectively controlled the epidemic situation and promoted the construction of disease control system, but also controlled the disease vectors, improved the healthy drinking water environment of local people and produced comprehensive social effects. More importantly, the practical experience of China-Africa health cooperation has participated in the formulation of relevant guidelines and international rules of the World Health Organization, which has provided important support for other developing countries in the world to control and eliminate tropical diseases and made important contributions to promoting China’s participation in global health governance. " Guo Jiagang, technical officer of the World Health Organization, said.

　　Malaria prevention and control "it is better to teach fish than to teach it to fish"

Anopheles mosquitoes are vectors of malaria.

　　Malaria is a major public health problem in Africa. According to the World Malaria Report 2022 released by the World Health Organization, in 2021, about 95% of the global malaria cases occurred in Africa, resulting in about 593,000 deaths, accounting for 96% of the global deaths. Malaria has been eliminated in our country. On June 30, 2021, the World Health Organization issued a press release saying that China was officially certified by WHO to eliminate malaria. This not only greatly reduced the "map" of global malaria distribution, but also boosted the confidence of global malaria eradication.

　　Since 2000, the World Health Organization has taken artemisinin as the first choice of antimalarial drugs. Scientists in China, represented by Tu Youyou, found and extracted artemisinin from Chinese herbal medicines through a lot of experiments, which successfully saved the lives of tens of millions of malaria patients around the world and accelerated the process of global malaria control and elimination. Today, artemisinin-based combination therapy has become the standard anti-malaria treatment recommended by WHO.

　　In the long-term struggle against malaria, in addition to the development of artemisinin, China has also improved the malaria vector monitoring and plasmodium drug resistance monitoring system, formulated the working strategy of "clue tracking, counting and pulling out the source", and explored and summarized the "1-3-7" working standard. Caojun, director of the WHO Cooperation Center for Malaria Eradication Research and Training and director of Jiangsu Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, introduced that the "1-3-7" working mode was used to control the risk of secondary transmission caused by malaria, that is, case report was made within one day, case review and epidemiological investigation were completed within three days, and epidemic investigation and disposal were carried out within seven days. This model has been popularized all over the country, and as a typical "China experience", it has become a model of global malaria eradication, and it has been formally written into WHO’s Monitoring, Supervision and Evaluation of Malaria Eradication and has been popularized and applied worldwide. The article "malaria-free certification in China: achievements and lessons learned from the national malaria elimination programme" points out that China has launched malaria control cooperation projects in Africa and Southeast Asian countries under the framework of the "Belt and Road Initiative", such as China — English — Pilot project of malaria prevention and control in Tanzania,On the basis of the "1-3-7" work standard, the strategy of "1,7-MRCTR" (Malaria reactive community-based treatment approach) was explored to effectively reduce the local malaria burden.

　　China has actively carried out cross-border joint prevention and control of malaria with developing countries in Africa and other places, extensively promoted international anti-malaria cooperation, and adopted technical training courses or on-site demonstration projects to further popularize China’s experience. On August 18, 2021, the seminar for malaria prevention and control officials in French-speaking African countries was held at the designated foreign aid training unit of the Ministry of Commerce — — Jiangsu Institute of Schistosomiasis Control started classes. The 14-day seminar was attended by 62 participants from seven developing countries, including Burundi, Senegal, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Mauritius and Mali. At the same time, they received courses on malaria and other infectious diseases, and had the opportunity to communicate with antimalarial drug manufacturers in China online.

"One Belt, One Road" seminar for national infectious disease prevention and control officials is given online (provided by the respondents)

　　"Thanks to China for providing the opportunity and platform," said Lemson, a health official in the local office of the World Health Organization and an African student who had participated in malaria training here. Here, I not only listened to the theoretical lectures of well-known malaria experts in China, but also received practical training on malaria prevention and control technology, which helped me to carry out malaria prevention and control work after returning to China. "

　　Since being recognized as the designated foreign aid training unit of the Ministry of Commerce in 2002, the prevention and research personnel of Jiangsu Institute of Schistosomiasis Control and WHO Cooperation Center for Malaria Eradication have provided professional technical training with malaria as the main content for 2,066 students from more than 80 countries along the Belt and Road, including Laos, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Mongolia. In addition, they also launched the "One Belt, One Road" national infectious disease prevention and control training program with schistosomiasis, AIDS, Covid-19, etc. and the cultural exchange course to deepen China-Africa friendship.

　　Caojun said that China experienced the process from "foreign aid" to "foreign aid". In recent years, China-Africa health cooperation has gradually expanded from the clinical level of sending foreign aid medical teams and donating medical equipment or drugs to the public health level, paying attention not only to the health situation and disease diagnosis and treatment in Africa, but also to the prevention and control of diseases, the construction and strengthening of public health system and capacity. Carrying out foreign aid work for common infectious diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis not only enables African counterparts to learn relevant prevention and control knowledge, but also injects fresh blood into their local public health system construction.

　　China-Africa health cooperation can be expected in the future

　　From the "Ten Cooperation Plans" of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2015, to the "Eight Actions" of the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2018, which proposed to jointly implement health actions with Africa, and then to the "Nine Projects" of the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in 2021, China-Africa health cooperation has kept pace with the times and deepened. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the "Belt and Road Initiative". At this important time node, the "Belt and Road" China-Africa health cooperation has ushered in more development opportunities.

　　Eliminating tropical diseases is a common challenge faced by many African countries. China and Africa need to start with problems and weak links and strengthen cooperation in the field of public health. Wang Yun Ping, a researcher at the Health Development Research Center of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said that in the past three years, African countries have realized the importance of strengthening the construction of their own public health systems, especially the ability to monitor infectious diseases and detect public health laboratories, strengthen primary health care services, develop digital medical and health infrastructure, promote the local production of medicines, and improve public health governance, and hope to cooperate with China at more levels in the field of public health.

　　How to deepen China-Africa health cooperation? Ming Xu, director of the Department of Global Health of Peking University College of Public Health and vice president of the Institute of Global Health Development, told the reporter that on the one hand, human resources training such as health aid can be carried out in China to build a force that will never leave. At the same time, let more public health projects go abroad, and carry out more "small and beautiful" projects in Africa, such as malaria and schistosomiasis aid, which are easy to practice and promote in other regions. In addition, in promoting the localization of China-Africa public health cooperation, China can continue to increase its support for the localization capacity building of drug production. For example, support to speed up the pre-certification of China’s enterprise products, promote the integration process of African pharmaceutical product supervision, and help China’s industrialization with African localized production.

　　From infrastructure, materials and sending medical teams to technical cooperation, we will help African countries improve the independent development capacity of their health systems. Wang Yun Ping said that in order to achieve high-quality health cooperation between China and Africa in the future, it is necessary to return to the original intention of South-South cooperation of "uniting for self-improvement and independent development", and under the guidance of the principle of win-win cooperation and the correct concept of justice and benefit, to further increase exchanges and cooperation in public health technology cooperation and public health management and policies, so as to help African countries improve the independent development capacity of medical and public health systems and realize common health safety and common healthy and sustainable development of mankind.

　　Innovate the research and application of China-Africa health cooperation mechanism, technology and products. Ming Xu said that on the basis of the bilateral dialogue on health cooperation between China and Africa, the multilateral cooperation mechanism should be further strengthened, and exchanges and cooperation with the World Bank and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should be emphasized. At the same time, accelerate the research and application of gene sequencing, artificial intelligence, real-time diagnosis, biosensors, virtual reality, telemedicine and other technologies, and support enterprises to provide products with reasonable prices, reliable quality and international compliance for African needs.

　　"Ten years later, China’s technical cooperation project on schistosomiasis prevention and control in Zanzibar has helped us improve the level of disease prevention and control, and made our country and people deeply understand the experience of Dr. China and China … …” Saleh Juma said, "I heard that China will launch a new round of technical cooperation projects to assist Zanzibar in schistosomiasis control in the second half of this year, and I look forward to their arrival. We are closer to the goal of eliminating schistosomiasis." (Reporter Zhang Ke Yi Zhao Yanling, intern reporter Huang Jiong Rui Meng-Di Zhang, designer Yan Ni, proofreader Liang Yaqin)