Recently，The key points of rural water conservancy and hydropower work in 2024 issued by the Ministry of Water Resources，China will continue to promote the green development of small hydropower this year.，More than 80 green small hydropower demonstration power stations were added throughout the year.。

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Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Water Resources on Issuing the Key Points of Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Work in 2024

Departments and bureaus of the Ministry，Relevant units directly under the Ministry，Provinces、Autonomous regions、Water conservancy of municipalities directly under the Central Government(Water)Hall(Bureau)，Water Conservancy Bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps：

In order to further study and implement the 20th National Congress of the Party、The Spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the Twentieth Central Committee and the Spirit of Xi Jinping's Important Exposition on Water Control，Fully implement the deployment arrangements of the Central Rural Work Conference and the National Water Conservancy Work Conference，Do a solid job in rural water conservancy and hydropower work in 2024，Specially formulated《Key Points of Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Work in 2024》，It is now printed and distributed to you，Please implement it in light of the actual situation.。

General Office of Ministry of Water Resources

February 1, 2024

Key Points of Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Work in 2024

The general idea of rural water conservancy and hydropower work in 2024 is as follow：Guided by Xi Jinping's Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era，In-depth study and implementation of the 20th National Congress of the Party、The spirit of the Second Plenary Session of the Twentieth Central Committee，Actively Practice General Secretary Xi Jinping“Water conservation is a priority、Spatial equilibrium、System governance、Work with both hands”The idea of water control，Fully Implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Exposition on Water Control，Conscientiously implement the Central Economic Work Conference、Arrangement and Deployment of the Central Rural Work Conference and the National Water Conservancy Work Conference，Learn to use“Ten million projects” Experience ，Do solid work、Work for a long time，We should concentrate our efforts on accomplishing a number of practical things that the masses can feel and reach.。A profound understanding of rural drinking water security is to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation.、It is an important symbol of promoting the overall revitalization of the countryside.，Adhere to the overall planning of urban and rural areas，Accelerate the high-quality development of rural water supply;Strengthen planning guidance，Fully implement the development plan of farmland irrigation，Deeply implement the comprehensive reform of agricultural water price，Vigorously promote the modernization and transformation of irrigation areas，Consolidate the foundation of food security and water conservancy;Implementing the decision-making and deployment of ecological civilization construction，Integrating development and security，Accelerating the transformation, upgrading and green development of small hydropower，Consolidate the foundation of high-quality development of rural water conservancy and hydropower。

　One、Accelerate the high-quality development of rural water supply

1.Speed up the formulation and improvement of high-quality development plans for rural water supply。All provinces should improve the popularization rate of tap water in rural areas.、The proportion of rural population covered by large-scale water supply projects is the goal.，To perfect“3+1”Standardization construction and management mode(Integration of urban and rural water supply、Large-scale centralized water supply、Standardization of small water supply project，County unified management and specialized management and protection)Focus on，Strengthen the management of objectives and indicators，Pay close attention to the organization and establishment、Improve the provincial rural water supply high quality development plan，Strive to complete the provincial planning work by the end of June。Division of labor of river basin management organization(See annex)Dispatch work progress and strengthen quality control。Speed up the preparation of 2024—Implementation Plan of the Central Water Resources Development Fund to Support the High-quality Development of Rural Water Supply in 2026。

2.Make every effort to improve the scale level of rural water supply。Provinces should combine the construction of water networks in provinces, cities and counties.，Conscientiously plan to promote the construction of rural water supply projects。Relying on large water sources、Build a large water plant、Connect to the large pipe network，Priority should be given to the integration of urban and rural water supply。Areas where the urban water supply network cannot be extended to cover，According to“Jianda、And in、Decrease”The principle of，Vigorously promote the large-scale construction of centralized water supply，Reduce the scale of decentralized water users，Encourage centralized water supply projects to be connected to the grid、Joint debugging and supply。By the end of 2024，Strive to achieve the national rural tap water penetration rate of 92 percent%，The proportion of rural population covered by large-scale water supply projects reached 63 percent%。

3.Promote the standardized construction and transformation of small-scale water supply projects。Can not be incorporated into the integration of urban and rural water supply、Areas within the scope of large-scale water supply，Unified construction and renovation standards，Promote the standardized construction and transformation of small-scale water supply projects according to local conditions，Standardize management and service mechanism，Implementation of small reservoirs、Pond Dam、Reservoir、Construction of motor-pumped wells and other water sources，Accelerate the formation of reservoirs and ponds as the main water source、Water supply pattern of multi-source joint supply of streams, ditches and wells，Continuous pressure reduction depends on water cellar、Number of rural population supplied by water tank。For those who do not have the conditions for pressure reduction，Appropriate purification, disinfection and filtration equipment should be improved.，Achieve standard water supply，Not one household and one person。

4.Strengthen county management and specialized management and protection。Notice on Strengthening County Management of Rural Water Supply，Accelerate the unified management of rural water supply at the county level、Unified operation and maintenance、Unified service。Establish a specialized management and protection platform at the county level，Relying on urban water supply、Water supply and other specialized companies or specialized institutions，Carry out enterprise management、Professional management。Strive to basically realize the county management of rural water supply by 2025。Improve the water price mechanism，Strengthen the collection of water charges，Promote standardized management，By the end of 2024，70%Standardized management of thousands of tons of rural water supply projects。

5.Carry out the standardization construction of rural drinking water safety at county level。Speed up the formulation of relevant standards，Issue policy documents，Clear and perfect system layout、Facilities are intensive and safe、Management and protection standard specialty、Standard requirements and scoring rules for high quality and efficiency of services，Strict acceptance procedures and regulatory requirements，Publish the list of counties that have passed the annual acceptance.，Increase performance evaluation and financial support，Publicize and promote good experiences and good practices，Play a leading role in demonstration。

6.Deeply implement the special action of improving the water quality of rural water supply。Strengthen water source protection，Cooperate with relevant departments to accelerate the promotion of water sources for rural water supply projects at the township level“Row、Li、Cure”Job，By the end of 2024，All rural centralized water supply projects are equipped with purification and disinfection facilities and equipment as required.。Strengthen water quality self-inspection of large-scale rural water supply projects;Relying on regional water quality testing centers and other institutions，Strengthen water quality inspection of small-scale rural water supply projects;Carry out water quality sampling inspection and strengthen supervision in conjunction with relevant departments。

7.Consolidate and expand the achievements of rural water supply and poverty alleviation。Full investigation、Dynamic monitoring of the operation of rural water supply projects and the drinking water status of rural population。Give full play to the 12314 supervision and reporting service platform of the Ministry of Water Resources、The role of local supervision and reporting telephones at all levels，Improve the rapid detection and response mechanism of rural water supply problems，Keep the problem clear dynamically。Strengthen the account management of rural water supply maintenance funds，Consolidate and maintain the achievements of rural water supply projects already built。Do a good job in natural disasters such as flood, drought, low temperature, freezing rain and snow.、Dealing with and Preventing Extreme Weather to Protect Rural Water Supply，Improve the contingency plan，Do a good job of material reserve，Set up an emergency water supply team，Strengthen emergency drills，Explore the establishment of an emergency water supply guarantee system for both peace and emergency use.，Hold the bottom line of rural drinking water safety。

　Two、Deeply promote the modernization of irrigation areas.

8.Do a good job in top-level design of farmland irrigation development。Issued《National Farmland Irrigation Development Plan》，Create a project library，Reserve a number of large and medium-sized irrigation area construction and transformation projects with relatively mature conditions。Promote the issuance of provincial farmland irrigation development plans，Do a good job in regional development strategy、Water network construction、The connection of high standard farmland construction and other plans，Further refine and materialize the development goals、Regional layout、Construction tasks，Push forward the preliminary work of the project。To organize the compilation of implementation plans for the construction and modernization of medium-sized irrigation areas;。Insist on building the mechanism first.、Post-construction project，Promote the implementation of planning projects in an orderly manner。Improve and update a map of large and medium-sized irrigation areas in time，Promote the irrigation area of cultivated land in irrigation areas under 10000 mu.。

9.Speed up the modernization of irrigation area。Steadfastly promote the construction and modernization of more than 80 large-scale irrigation areas，Strengthen progress scheduling and supervision and guidance，Ensure that the completion rate of central investment reaches 90% by the end of 2024%Above。According to the relevant management requirements of national debt，Do a solid job in the supervision of more than 1000 irrigation projects supported by additional treasury bond funds，Coordinate and coordinate with related projects。Strengthen departmental collaboration，Coordinating the construction of key projects and field projects in large and medium-sized irrigation areas，Priority will be given to building cultivated land with irrigation conditions into high-standard farmland.。

10.Strengthen the management of water saving and water supply in agriculture。Strengthening the management of water intake permits in large and medium-sized irrigation areas，Implement total water consumption control、Quota management。Integrated remote monitoring、On-site water measurement of facilities and equipment、“Fold water by electricity”And so on，Promote the allocation of water metering to the reasonable section of water supply and use handover。Use of non-irrigation water supply season，Inspection of irrigation and drainage facilities、Overhaul、Curing、Dredging and other maintenance work。Strengthen the determination of land by water，Rational use of water around the production of grain and important agricultural products，Scientific formulation of water supply and use plan，Through measures such as storage, diversion, lifting and adjustment，Integrated Information Management System，Optimize irrigation water allocation，Strengthen the management of agricultural water-saving irrigation，Resolutely contain“Flood irrigation”，Improve the guarantee degree of irrigation water supply。

11.Continuously promote the standardized management of irrigation areas and irrigation and drainage pumping stations。Further improve large and medium-sized irrigation areas、Normalized Evaluation Mechanism of Irrigation and Drainage Pumping Station at Provincial Level，Accelerate the development of irrigation areas、Standardized management of irrigation and drainage pumping stations。Evaluation and announcement of a number of large and medium-sized irrigation areas、List of Standardized Management of Irrigation and Drainage Pumping Stations at Ministerial Level，Strengthen the summary and propaganda，Play a leading role in demonstration。Deepening the reform of irrigation district management system，Implementation“Two fees”，Properly staffed，Strengthen technical skills training，Improve the management level。

12.Deepening the Comprehensive Reform of Agricultural Water Price and Promoting the Construction of Modern Irrigation District。Deepening the first batch of 21 pilot projects to deepen the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices and promote the construction of modern irrigation areas，Full establishment“Permitted costs+Reasonable income”Water price mechanism，Complete and implement the water price adjustment。Agricultural water rights should be divided into rural collective economic organizations according to local conditions.、Farmers' Water Cooperative、Farmers and other water users，Actively carry out water rights trading。Combine with reality，Formulate different policy supply systems，Form a government、Enterprise、Joint participation of water users、Management and protection modes with different characteristics。Timely extraction of the first batch of pilot effective practices，Summing up experience，From point to area，Timely launch of the second batch of national pilot projects。

　　Three、Continue to promote the green development of small hydropower

13.Complete the special action of improving the dam safety of small hydropower stations。Complete the dam safety assessment of small hydropower stations with a storage capacity of less than 100,000 cubic meters.，Yeah, identification( Assessment )Class II、The related problems of three types of dams should be reformed immediately.，Where engineering measures are required，Emergency preventive measures should be strictly implemented.，Speed up the implementation of dam reinforcement，Establish and improve a long-term mechanism。Strictly and practically carry out the investigation and rectification of potential safety risks，Carefully carry out supervision and inspection of production safety and flood control safety，Organize and carry out technical training on potential risk investigation，Strengthen the education of safety production law popularization，Supervise safe production“Three responsible persons”Perform their duties and responsibilities。Continue to promote the standardization of production safety，500 new safety production standardization power stations were added throughout the year.。

14.Actively and Steadily Promote Classified Rectification of Small Hydropower。The provincial water administrative departments of the provinces and regions along the Yellow River shall, in conjunction with the relevant departments, strengthen the guidance for the rectification work of cities and counties.，Strict implementation“One station, one strategy”Rectification measures，Grasp the problem rectification，Organize and carry out online and offline supervision and inspection，The clean-up and rectification of small hydropower stations in the Yellow River Basin will be included in the assessment contents such as the river and lake length system.，Strict management of acceptance and sales number，Complete the rectification task on schedule。Other areas that have not completed the classification and rectification should speed up the organization and implementation in accordance with the established objectives.，Strictly implement the rectification measures、Check and accept the quality of sales work，Perfect the long-term mechanism。The Yangtze River Economic Zone and other areas that have completed the rectification should strengthen supervision and inspection.，Continue to consolidate the results of clean-up and rectification。

15.Supervise and urge small hydropower to implement ecological flow station by station。Local water administrative departments at all levels should urge power stations to improve monitoring facilities for ecological flow discharge.，Standardize monitoring and control behavior。Provincial water administrative departments should strengthen the construction of supervision platform.，Organize and carry out online random self-inspection from time to time。River basin management agencies should organize online random spot checks on the ecological flow of small hydropower stations in the river basin.。The ecological flow supervision of small hydropower stations should be included in the most stringent water resources management system and other assessment contents.，Strengthen assessment and evaluation。Strengthen the exchange of typical experience，Establish and improve the punishment and incentive mechanism for ecological flow discharge.，Promote the implementation of ecological flow station by station。

16.Strict establishment of green small hydropower demonstration power station。Strengthen the training of demonstration creation，Guide the benchmarking evaluation standards and creation requirements of the power station，Do a good job of green transformation and upgrading。Strict creation of audit checks，Strengthen central environmental protection supervision、Ecological warning films, etc. Point out problems for verification，Focus on the actual effect of ecological flow discharge and safety production standardization construction。The provincial preliminary inspection should carry out full coverage on-site verification.，Increase the intensity of spot checks at the ministerial level。Strengthen the daily supervision of demonstration power stations，Strict Expiration Extension Review，Implement“In and out.”Dynamic management mechanism。More than 80 green small hydropower demonstration power stations were added throughout the year.，Actively coordinate the introduction of incentive policies。

17.Guide the green transformation and modernization of small hydropower。To guide relevant local governments to formulate and improve plans for green transformation and modernization of small hydropower projects.，Actively strive for financial support，Make full use of preferential credit policies，Encourage the use of hydropower group companies、Industry associations and third-party institutional platforms and other forces，Promote the intelligent transformation of small hydropower、Intensive operation、Property management，Encourage conditional areas to carry out pilot projects.，Establish regional centralized control center。

　Four、Carry out the informatization construction of rural water conservancy and hydropower

18.Strengthen the construction of intelligent application system of rural water conservancy and hydropower。Further update and improve large and medium-sized irrigation areas、Rural water supply、Small hydropower stations and other basic information，Expand the functions of relevant business modules，Tamping the data backplane，Optimization algorithm model，Enhanced analytic application functionality，Speed up the construction of intelligent management application system。Local units are encouraged to interconnect the established systems with the rural water conservancy and hydropower management information system of the Ministry of Water Resources.，Open data interface，Promote information sharing and sharing at different levels and related businesses。

19.Promote the construction of digital twin rural water supply project。Continue to promote information correlation and matching between water sources and large-scale water supply projects，Improve the risk map of rural water supply。Continuously promote the establishment of intelligent water supply information platform with county as the unit，Promoting the water quantity of large-scale water supply projects、Water quality、Water pressure、Key parameters such as water intake metering and water pumps、Realize on-line monitoring of main equipment and facilities such as chemical dosing，Carry out comprehensive perception in conditional areas、Real-time transmission、Data analysis and intelligent application system construction first try，Building a Digital Twin Water Supply System。

20.Deepening the first trial of digital twin irrigation area。According to“Demand traction、Application first、Digital empowerment、Enhance capacity”Overall requirements，We will accelerate the pilot construction of 49 digital twin irrigation areas.，Make full use of technical resources such as expert database，Strengthen the tracking and guidance of digital twin irrigation area，Strengthen communication and training。Build a batch of typical digital twin irrigation areas，Condensed to form a batch of replicable、Construction mode and advanced practical technology that can be popularized，Improve the level of intelligent irrigation decision support。Digital construction and intelligent application should be carried out simultaneously in the construction and transformation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas.。

21.Strengthen the information management of small hydropower。Improve the construction of information supervision platform for small hydropower，Promoting data sharing and interconnection，Strengthen supervision and inspection、Online industry supervision applications such as technical review。Guiding small hydropower stations with better basic conditions to explore and carry out digital twin pilot projects，Building a basic Internet of Things platform，Realize the monitoring of generator set、Rain and water、Video surveillance、Link to real-time data such as patrol inspection system、Transmission、Storage and analysis，Improve flood control regulation、Power optimal dispatch、Safety emergency management、Ecological protection and other application functions。

　Five、Strengthen work style and capacity building

22.Strengthen political construction。Consolidating and Expanding the Educational Achievements of Learning and Implementing the Theme of Xi Jinping's Socialist Thought with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era，Firmly grasp the world outlook and methodology contained therein，Learn to use it well“Ten million projects” Experience ，Deep understanding“Two establishments”The decisive significance of，Enhancement“Four consciousnesses”、Firm“Four self-confidence”，Do it“Two maintenance”，Resolutely implement the Party Central Committee、Decision and deployment of the State Council，Promoting the High-quality Development of Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Based on the Overall Development of the Party and the State，To solve the urgent and anxious problems of the rural masses。

23.Continuously improve your work style。Persevere in implementing the spirit of the eight central regulations，Unswervingly correct“Four winds”、Tree fresh wind，Resolutely rectify formalism、Bureaucracy is a prominent problem。In-depth investigation and research，Smooth channels for supervision and reporting，Adjust measures to local conditions、Classified measures，Solve the Practical Problems of the Masses Pragmatically。Deeply draw lessons from the problems reflected by various channels，Draw inferences about other cases from one instance，In-depth investigation and rectification，Establish a long-term mechanism，Prevent similar problems from happening again。Strictly implement the lifelong responsibility system for construction quality，Strengthen project quality management，Strengthen construction progress、Safe、Capital supervision，Ensure the completion of popular projects、Quality engineering、Clean project。

24.Deepening river basin management。River basin management institutions should be based on the overall situation of the river basin.，Take the initiative，Strengthen the guidance of rural water conservancy and hydropower work in the provinces of the basin.，Effectively implement the planning of rural water conservancy and hydropower projects、Investment plan、Daily supervision responsibilities for project construction and operation。

25.Practice“Work with both hands”。Better play the leverage role of government investment at all levels，Improve the benign water price mechanism，Actively explore the market-oriented operation mode of integration of construction and management。Innovation of diversified investment and financing mode，Make full use of all kinds of financial instruments，Make full use of the preferential policies of financial support for water resources，Improve project financing capacity;Support and cultivate a number of specialized market players in the field of water resources.，Participate in the construction, operation and maintenance of rural water conservancy and hydropower projects。

26.Consolidate the basic work。Strengthen team building，Optimize the allocation of personnel，Strengthen training and exercise，Improve the management ability of rural water conservancy and hydropower at the grass-roots level。Strengthen rural water supply、Irrigation area、Review and update of basic data of small hydropower。Continuously do a good job in the analysis and application of rural water conservancy and hydropower industry management information、Construction and operation of irrigation experimental station network。Relying on rural water supply、A map of the irrigation area，Strengthen hydrology、Application of meteorological forecast information coupling，Promote“Four in advance”Ability。

27.Strengthen scientific and technological support。Focus on the difficulties and key points of rural water conservancy and hydropower work，Strengthen the deep integration of production, teaching and research，Carry out R & D and application of key technologies。Strengthening the Calculation and Analysis of the Effective Utilization Coefficient of Farmland Irrigation Water、Study on the Contribution of Irrigation to Grain Production，Promote water-saving irrigation、Water quality treatment of rural water supply、Small hydropower ecological flow supervision and other technologies，Technical regulations for speeding up the standardization and upgrading of small-scale water supply projects、Digital twin irrigation area、Compilation of technical standards for ecological flow of small hydropower stations，Enhance the scientific and technological support capacity of rural water conservancy and hydropower。

Source：Ministry of Water Resources website