IWRA World Water Congress 2003 Madrid Spain
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Author(s): CHEN Yuan-fang
WANG Ling
HUANG Yong-ji
CHEN Yuan-fang , WANG
Ling Department of Hydrology and Water Resources , Hohai University,210024,Nanjing,China
E-mail: yf.chen@jlonline.com
E-mail: wangling40@hotmail.com
HUANG Yong-ji
Institute of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, 210024,Nanjing, China
E-mail: Huangyj42@sina.com
Keyword(s): Water Resources; Use-and-pay (UP) system; China; perfection; accounting characteristics
Article: PDFAbstractThe necessity of perfecting the Use-and-pay (UP) system or Users Pay Principle (UPP) system
for water resources in China is first analyzed. The experiences of practicing UP/UPP in the
past 40 years are summarized, and the main problems existing in the actual system are also
pointed out. In terms of the characteristics of accountable material objects and value of water
resources comparing with other natural resources, some measures and methods of perfecting
actual UP/UPP system are proposed in the paper.