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Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) (水利部)
Practical Law UK Glossary w-011-3875 (Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) (水利部)
A central government ministry sitting under the State Council.
The MWR's functions include:
- Ensuring rational development and utilisation of water resources.
- Formulating water resources development strategies, plans and policies.
- Guiding hydrological work, including hydrological monitoring of water resources, construction and management of national hydrological station network.
(see MWR website.)
The MWR was re-organised in China's massive government institutional reform in 2018 (see Practice note, Understanding the 2018 government institutional reform: China: Environmental protection and natural resources).