{"id":123825,"date":"2011-09-07T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T22:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123825"},"modified":"2011-09-07T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-07T22:39:47","slug":"china-to-scale-up-water-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/china-to-scale-up-water-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"China to Scale Up Water Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"
Caixin online reports a government official’s confirmation that reforms of water pricing for both residential and industrial use will go ahead<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n NDRC [National Development & Reform Commission] Vice Director Xie Zhenghua was quoted by Shanghai Securities News at a conference on September 2 as said the government plans to make major water pricing reforms in both residential and industrial use. The availability of water resources has become a major issue in China’s social and economic development.<\/p>\n China’s urban resident water consumption has dropped to 171 liters pay day per person in 2010 from 220 litters in 2000, said Qiu Baoxing, vice minister of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development, at the conference.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Raising prices offers an effective means of promoting water conservation, but can disproportionately affect those such as farmers who can least afford it: see Why We Care About the Price of Water in China<\/a>, via CDT.<\/p>\n\n