According to the Ministry of Water Resources, since 2025, the Ministry of Water Resources has organized various watershed management agencies and provincial water administration departments to determine and guarantee ecological flow across provinces. 382 cross-provincial rivers and lakes and 558 control sections have been determined and recently issued and implemented, providing an important basis for strengthening ecological water protection and restoring the ecological environment of rivers and lakes across provinces. The Ministry of Water Resources has put forward clear requirements for watershed management agencies and water administration departments at all levels to implement ecological flow guarantee goals. First, it is necessary to formulate implementation plans for ecological flow guarantee for rivers and lakes across provinces based on the published cross-provincial river and lake ecological flow guarantee targets, using rivers and lake water systems as units, and clarify protection measures and responsible entities. Second, it is necessary to strictly control the total amount of water intake in the district, strengthen the unified scheduling of water resources in the watershed, incorporate ecological flow guarantee goals into the watershed water resources scheduling plan, annual water resources scheduling plan and daily operation scheduling rules for water conservancy and hydropower projects, strictly manage ecological flow discharge, and ensure the basic ecological water needs of rivers and lakes. Third, it is necessary to coordinate integrated “sky and ground hydraulic” monitoring, speed up the improvement of the ecological flow monitoring system for rivers and lakes, establish and improve ecological flow monitoring and early warning mechanisms, and issue early warning information in a timely manner. Fourth, it is necessary to strictly implement management responsibilities, speed up the improvement of the ecological flow supervision system, and ensure the implementation of various safeguard measures.

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