Abstract
This chapter focuses on several types of participatory mechanism currently observed in watershed management in Zhejiang Province. The watershed roundtable mechanism is a new mechanism with aims similar to that used for Taihu Lake Basin initiated by an expert team; however, there are now diverse types of roundtable meetings in the province. In particular, after the provincial water policy called the Five Water Collaborative Governance was issued, new forms of roundtable meetings have been launched. The Our Water Roundtable, which was organized by an environmental nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Hangzhou City, and the Tie Sha River roundtable, organized by an environmental voluntary group founded by the Environmental Protection Bureau and the Communist Youth League of Hangzhou City, focused on the river issues. This chapter discusses how to lead successful interactive participation, which means one interactive form emerged in this region, beyond the consultative authoritarianism in China, and reviews the processes and characteristics of these roundtables.
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The “China Environment Protection Law” was issued on December 26, 1989 and revised on April 24, 2014.
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The slogan “Five Water Collaborative Governance” (Wu Shui Gong Zhi) refers to wastewater treatment, floodwater prevention, pond water drainage, water delivery supply, and water conservation.
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According to data in the China Water Resources Bulletin 2014, released by the Ministry of Water Resources of the People’s Republic of China.
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Data cited from the China Environment Bulletin of 2015 released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China. Surface water quality standards in China are evaluated according to contents of 21 different materials, including COD, biological oxygen demand (BOD), ammonia, phosphorus, total nitrogen, petroleum, and phenols. Grade I represents highest-quality water and Grade V the worst quality. It is generally accepted that Grades I and II are high in quality, and Grades IV and V poor in quality. However, some surface water can even be evaluated as “fails to meet Grade V” or “inferior to Grade V.”
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Data according to the China Environment Bulletin of 2015 issued by the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People’s Republic of China.
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The Water Law of the People’s Republic of China (revised at the August 2002) claims that all of the water resources belong to the nation and the State Council performs the proprietary rights of all the water resources.
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According to the current regulations on social organizations, the Social Organizations Registration Agency owns the right to evaluate the performance of social organizations. Based on the evaluation results, social organizations are classified as 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, or 5A. The 3A classification can be seen as “good” and 5A is considered “perfect.”
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Liu, G. (2019). Interactive Participation Under a Fragmented Administration System: Watershed Governance in Zhejiang Province, China. In: Otsuka, K. (eds) Interactive Approaches to Water Governance in Asia. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2399-7_4
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