State Council Decides on Amending and Repealing Certain Administrative Regulations

Following a review, the State Council decided to: first, amend certain provisions in 14 administrative regulations; second, repeal four administrative regulations. Among these changes, Article 10, Paragraph 1 of the "Regulations on Water Conservation" is amended to read: 'Relevant departments of the State Council shall, according to their respective responsibilities, compile a national water conservation plan based on the national economic and social development plan and the national water resources strategic plan. People's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall organize the compilation of water conservation plans for their administrative regions based on the needs of economic and social development, the status of water resources, and the national water conservation plan.' (Xinhua News Agency)