Changsha city and Chenzhou city were the only two cities from Hunan province named in the list
It was reported that Chenzhou city was successfully past the approval of first batch of national pilot city of water ecological civilization construction. Changsha city and Chenzhou city were the only two cities from Hunan province named in the list.
It was introduced by the principal of Chenzhou Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau that it was a new stage for Chenzhou city’s water ecological civilization construction after being listed as one of the national pilot cities of water ecological civilization construction. More projects support, funds, technologies, etc. would be further granted by the State ministries and commissions.
On this April 17, a “report on listing Chenzhou city as a national pilot city of water ecological civilization construction” (“the report”for short) was submitted to the State Ministry of Water Resources by Hunan Provincial Ministry of Water Resources and Chenzhou Government. As introduced in “the report”, Chenzhou city was with a sound natural condition especially abundant water resources. Besides the high volume of water resources, there were also famous landscapes with profound blessing cultural features available in Chenzhou city. At the meantime, enhanced water ecological civilization construction polices and plans were released by Chenzhou Municipal Party Committee and Chenzhou government to forcefully promote the water ecological civilization construction in Chenzhou city. Due to all those advantages, it was requested to list Chenzhou city as a national pilot city of water ecological civilization construction.
According to the general plan, there were three steps for the promotion of Chenzhou city’s water ecological civilization construction. First step, the initial construction phase from 2012 to 2014, focusing on promoting the construction of water sources, greening of water systems, protection of water resources, conservation of water and soil, etc.. Second step, the upgrading phase from 2014 to 2017, focusing on promoting the water environment treatment and water landscapes construction to enhance the capacity on flood control, drainage, water supply, landscape architecture, water ecological barrier construction, etc.. Third step, the completion phase from 2017 to 2020, focusing on fulfillment of landscape construction, improvement of water ecological system, upgrading of water culture connotation, etc.. Chenzhou would be formed as a provincial and national water ecological civilized city once all the three steps were successfully fulfilled.