NATIONAL, NEWS: Major Investment in Huaihe River Basin Flood Control Projects
By Shi Rui
Mainland China will invest 155.4 billion yuan to improve flood control in the Huaihe River Basin in the next 20 years. The money mainly comes from the government.
The 1991 flood and 2003 flood of Huaihe River caused a loss of 30 billion yuan each, and the Huaihe River Commission of Ministry of Water Resources of PRC shows its confidence in forming an effective flood control system in the Flood-Control Plan for Huaihe River Basin evaluated by experts on July 28.
According to the plan, 104.4 billion yuan will be used to build the upriver reservoirs, reinforce the riverway and levees in the middle reaches of the river, and enlarge the flood discharge ability downstream in the next 10 years. After the completion of the 10-year plan, another 51 billion yuan will be put into upriver environmental improvement and the further construction of the watercourse downstream that can lead floods to the sea. Till then, the Huaihe River Basin can enjoy a much safer flood control and calamity prevention system.
The propaganda section manager of the Huaihe River Commission says, the water-control of the area started about 50 years ago, and they've never relaxed their attention on the issue. After the 1991 flood, the Central Party Committee and State Council set up 19 major flood control projects to administer Huaihe River, half of which have been finished and all of them are expected to be completed by the end of 2007. The investment on the 19 projects is 25.3 billion yuan, which has been counted as a part of the total 155.4 billion for the 20-year plan. "We work on the specific construction projects, and at the same time we constitute and examine the Plan for the whole flood control system. The government has its process to examine a plan, which will take some time," the manager said.
This article by Ms. Shi Rui also appeared in today's edition of the South China Morning Post -- the editors
Mainland China will invest 155.4 billion yuan to improve flood control in the Huaihe River Basin in the next 20 years. The money mainly comes from the government.
The 1991 flood and 2003 flood of Huaihe River caused a loss of 30 billion yuan each, and the Huaihe River Commission of Ministry of Water Resources of PRC shows its confidence in forming an effective flood control system in the Flood-Control Plan for Huaihe River Basin evaluated by experts on July 28.
According to the plan, 104.4 billion yuan will be used to build the upriver reservoirs, reinforce the riverway and levees in the middle reaches of the river, and enlarge the flood discharge ability downstream in the next 10 years. After the completion of the 10-year plan, another 51 billion yuan will be put into upriver environmental improvement and the further construction of the watercourse downstream that can lead floods to the sea. Till then, the Huaihe River Basin can enjoy a much safer flood control and calamity prevention system.
The propaganda section manager of the Huaihe River Commission says, the water-control of the area started about 50 years ago, and they've never relaxed their attention on the issue. After the 1991 flood, the Central Party Committee and State Council set up 19 major flood control projects to administer Huaihe River, half of which have been finished and all of them are expected to be completed by the end of 2007. The investment on the 19 projects is 25.3 billion yuan, which has been counted as a part of the total 155.4 billion for the 20-year plan. "We work on the specific construction projects, and at the same time we constitute and examine the Plan for the whole flood control system. The government has its process to examine a plan, which will take some time," the manager said.
This article by Ms. Shi Rui also appeared in today's edition of the South China Morning Post -- the editors
8 Comments:
At 6:46 PM , Anonymous said...
Do you have permission from the South China Morning Post to post its stories? Or to re-edit them, as was done with another story, and post them in a way that you feel is less sensitive?
Some instruction in copyright law and journalistic ethics might be in order here.
At 1:25 AM , Editor said...
Since Ms. Shi Rui wrote both articles, the one in the South China Morning Post, and this slightly longer draft here, how is it unethical or illegal? Perhaps your reading comprehension is a bit lacking. However, even that does not account for your ethical lapse in not identifying your self.
The editors of WOW are extremely proud that some of our young journalists are already working for such a prestigious newspaper as the SCMP.
-- the editors
At 12:25 PM , Anonymous said...
Is the SCMP aware that articles written for it--if indeed this is what occurred--are reprinted elsewhere? Do they not have a policy on this?
And is this "journalism"? The issue of sensitivity still stands, i.e., why the longer draft here? Either you are reprinting an article in which the writer may or may not retain the copyright (or the legal option to republish it) or you are not being completely honest by not identifying the writer (whose name appears as "Freda Wang" in SCMP and as "Wang Yan" in these pages) as someone who writes for both publications.
The SCMP (as many newspapers in Asia and elsewhere) has a strict policy concerning using material written for that outlet. By saying that the article "appeared", you are either misleading your readership into thinking that they are reading a reprint or misleading them by not telling them that the poster also works for SCMP and vice versa. That was my point, and it was made in the spirit of attempting to uphold some sense of propriety.
Finally, leaving a post without identifying one's self is an option here. So how is it an "ethical lapse"? Has it not occurred to the editors that the state of journalism in China is such that anonymity is a form of protection. You may have left the US but please do not mistake this media environment for the American one.
At 2:23 PM , Joseph said...
Anonymous,
That's it! For the first time in the two-year history of WOW, I am stepping in publicly in my role as faculty supervisor. While our reporters and editors will indeed address your "criticisms" fully and openly in a post for all to read, as of this moment, unless you identify yourself as the so-called professional journalist you claim to be, all of your future "criticisms" will be deleted. If you are indeed a journalist, and state your name, you know that I will recognize who you are and your real purpose will be exposed. It has become quite clear to me that your problem is not with WOW and its reporters but with me, the 'professor' (I believe is how you nastily put it) Joseph Bosco, American author and journalist.
You know very well that the post calling you a "cretin" was from a reader of WOW, who identified himself, and not from anyone connected with WOW. And he took you to the intellectual woodshed for the spanking you so thoroughly deserve for loosely throwing around the harshest accusations--libelous accusations--in the business: plagiary and the theft of intellectual property without so much as a smidgen of basic research. That is as unprofessional as it gets and proves that you have a hidden agenda and an axe to grind with me.
Consequently, you will no longer abuse these students until and unless you identify yourself. They have the courage to put their names not only on their articles but also on their quite reserved--in my opinion--answers to your mean-spirited, racist, anti-China comments.
If you want to take me on, journalist to journalist, then do so. But take it to The LongBow Papers, and identify yourself. I will put up a post to welcome you. There is a link to it handily available.
By the way, WOW--as I have stated emphatically--is not a "blog" in its typical definition! We used the Blogger format because it was a fast, easy and inexpensive way to get an online news magazine up and running upon which students could gain publishing experience.
Regards,
Joseph Bosco
At 3:52 PM , Anonymous said...
If a student is an intern at a newspaper, would one consider them a journalist?
Just curious. Please do not flame me as you have flamed others who are raising issues out of regard or curiousity.
At 10:53 PM , the Admiral said...
Anonymous#3,
You asked a forthright question, and you shall receive a forthright answer:
From Princeton University
Journalist:
1.)a writer for newspapers and magazines
Regards,
Frank
an avid reader of WOW
At 11:51 AM , Anonymous said...
So, Mr. Frank--are you the administrator of this site, answering questions? Are you a journalist, or a naval commander?
Color me confused.
At 3:21 PM , Anonymous said...
Frank is none of the above. he is a tiresome geritaric and part of bosco's backslapping online clique. if you read some of the other comments here you will see that he is incredibly quick to make a fool of himslef and generally let down the contributors to this site.
and bosco? bosco, you have got to quite your 'no criticism allowed' stance. it beggars belief that someone with a biography such as yours should be seduced and bedded by the Chinese system. whatever happened to the bosco of old? was he just an artistic creation, a myth? For some china 'experts' and 'professors', this type of behaviour is predictable but i never thought the free-wheeling, anti-establishment bosco could end up so meek and so willing to kow tow to his politically questionable masters. bosco joins the right wing proto facist chinese state thinking. who'd have thought it? I am getting very depressed by this.....seriously...
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