1 Reform of the Water Administrative Examination and Approval System

Water-related pre-approval items and intermediary services for enterprise investment were sorted out,with 7 pre-approval items adjusted to pre-construction approval and carried out together with approval of the projects.The approval items were streamlined.The water sector put forward methods to reduce water-related approval items,and made changes to the highway approval system which is related to water management.The water sector published a notice on the need to strengthen the monitoring of administrative approvals for water-related investment projects during and after the construction.