Water Routes Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 This law is formulated in order to regulate and strengthen the planning, construction, maintenance and protection of waterways, ensure smooth navigation and safety of navigation, and promote the development of waterway transportation. Article 2 The term "waterways" as mentioned in this Law refers to the channels in rivers, lakes and other inland waters within the territory of the People's Republic of China that can be used for navigation by ships, as well as the channels in inland seas and territorial waters that can be used for navigation by ships through construction and maintenance. aisle. The waterway includes navigation buildings, waterway regulation buildings, navigation beacons and other waterway facilities. Article 3 Planning, construction, maintenance and protection of waterways shall be based on the needs of economic and social development and national defense construction, follow the principles of comprehensive utilization and protection of water resources and protection of the ecological environment, obey the overall arrangements for the construction of a comprehensive transportation system and flood control, and make overall arrangements To meet the needs of water supply, irrigation, power generation, fishery, etc., we will give full play to the comprehensive benefits of water resources. Article 4 The State Council and relevant local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen leadership over waterway work, organize, coordinate, and supervise relevant departments to take measures to maintain and improve waterway navigation conditions, protect waterway safety, and maintain the integrity and smoothness of the waterway network.

The State Council and relevant local people's governments at or above the county level shall reasonably allocate funds for waterway construction and maintenance in the fiscal budget based on the level of economic and social development and the needs for waterway construction and maintenance. Article 5 The transportation department of the State Council is responsible for the management of waterways nationwide, and directly manages important trunk waterways across provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the State Council, as well as international and border river waterways and other important waterways in accordance with the provisions of the State Council.

The transportation departments of local people's governments at or above the county level are responsible for the management of waterways under their jurisdiction in accordance with the regulations of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

The agencies responsible for waterway management set up by the competent department of transportation under the State Council in accordance with the provisions of the State Council and the departments or agencies responsible for waterway management of the local people's governments at or above the county level (hereinafter collectively referred to as the departments responsible for waterway management) are responsible for the stipulations of this Law. waterway management work. Chapter 2 Waterway Planning Article 6 Waterway planning is divided into national waterway planning, river basin waterway planning, regional waterway planning and provincial, autonomous region and municipality waterway planning.

The waterway planning should include the functional positioning of the waterway, planning objectives, development planning technical level, planning implementation steps and safeguard measures, etc.

Navigation planning should comply with the comprehensive planning of river basins and regions formulated in accordance with the law, in line with water resources planning, flood control planning and marine functional zoning, and be consistent with relevant professional plans involving comprehensive utilization of water resources, as well as urban and rural planning, and urban and rural planning formulated in accordance with the law. The environmental protection plan and other related plans shall be coordinated with the military installation protection plan. Article 7 Waterways should be divided into technical grades. The waterway technical level includes the current technical level and the development planning technical level. The technical level of waterway development planning is evaluated based on relevant natural conditions and factors such as flood control, water supply, water resources protection, ecological environment protection requirements and shipping development needs. Article 8 The national waterway plan shall be prepared by the transportation department of the State Council in conjunction with the development and reform department of the State Council, the water administration department of the State Council and other departments, and shall be submitted to the State Council for approval and announcement. River basin waterway plans and regional waterway plans are prepared and announced by the transportation department of the State Council.

The waterway planning of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be prepared by the transportation department of the people's government of the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the development and reform department, water administrative department and other departments at the same level, and shall be reported to the people's government of the province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the same level. The transportation department of the State Council approved the announcement.

When preparing waterway planning, opinions from relevant departments and relevant military agencies should be solicited, and environmental impact assessments should be conducted in accordance with the law. If sea areas and important fishery waters are involved, the marine authorities and fishery administrative authorities at the same level should participate. The opinions of the people's governments of relevant provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be solicited when formulating national waterway plans, river basin waterway plans, and regional waterway plans.

River basin waterway planning, regional waterway planning, and provincial, autonomous region, and municipality waterway planning should comply with the national waterway planning. Article 9 The waterway plan formulated and announced in accordance with the law shall be implemented in accordance with it; if the waterway plan really needs to be revised, it shall be handled in accordance with the planning preparation procedures. Chapter 3 Waterway Construction Article 10 New waterways and waterway engineering construction carried out to improve waterway navigation conditions shall abide by laws and administrative regulations on construction project quality management, safety management and ecological environment protection, comply with waterway planning, and implement relevant national standards, industry standards and technical specifications, and handle relevant procedures in accordance with the law.

Article 11 The waterway construction unit shall, in accordance with the technical requirements of the waterway construction project, select survey, design, construction and supervision units with corresponding qualifications through bidding and other methods in accordance with the law to carry out project construction, supervise and inspect the quality and safety of the project, and supervise the project. Responsible for quality and safety.

The survey, design, construction and supervision units engaged in the construction of waterway projects shall obtain corresponding qualifications in accordance with the provisions of laws and administrative regulations, and engage in waterway project construction activities within the scope permitted by their qualification levels. Responsible for the quality and safety of survey, design, construction and supervision. Article 12 The relevant transportation departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen supervision and inspection of the quality and safety of waterway construction projects to ensure the quality and safety of waterway construction projects.