en.Wedoany.com Reported - The 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Henan Provincial People's Congress in China reviewed and passed the "Henan Province Inland Waterway Shipping Regulations" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). The Regulations will come into effect on July 1, 2026.
The Regulations consist of eight chapters and eighty-three articles, including general provisions, planning and construction, maintenance and protection, operation and management, safety and emergency response, development and support, legal liability, and supplementary provisions. They apply to water transport-related activities such as the planning, construction, maintenance and protection, operation and management, safety and emergency response, and development and support of inland waterways and ports within the administrative region of Henan Province.
The Regulations specify that the development of inland waterway shipping should ensure flood control safety and the demand for production and domestic water use, following the principles of unimpeded efficiency, green intelligence, safety and resilience, and coordinated integration. Relevant county-level and higher people's governments should strengthen leadership in inland waterway shipping work, incorporate inland waterway shipping development into national economic and social development plans, and include related funds in their respective fiscal budgets for support.
Regarding planning and construction, the Regulations clarify that waterway planning should follow the principles of overall consideration, comprehensive utilization, and ecological protection; port planning should be moderately forward-looking, taking into account factors such as industrial layout, port resource conditions, ecological environmental protection, and the development of multimodal transport. Provincial waterway plans are to be formulated by the provincial transportation authority in conjunction with departments such as development and reform and water administration at the same level, and submitted to the provincial government for approval and publication in conjunction with the State Council's transportation authority.
Regarding maintenance and protection, the Regulations specify that the maintenance of trunk waterways is organized and implemented by port and shipping agencies under the provincial transportation authority; the maintenance of branch waterways and other waterways is organized and implemented by port and shipping agencies under the transportation authorities of municipal and county-level people's governments.
Regarding safety and emergency response, the Regulations clarify that relevant county-level and higher people's governments should strengthen safety management of inland waterway shipping, incorporate inland waterway shipping safety work into the government's safety production assessment system, and establish and improve the safety management responsibility system for inland waterway shipping. The provincial government should establish and improve the emergency support system for waterway transportation incidents across the province, integrate water emergency resources, coordinate the construction of water search and rescue bases, and enhance water emergency rescue capabilities.
Regarding development and support, the Regulations specify that the provincial government and its relevant departments should promote the sustainable development of inland waterway shipping, improve the development layout of waterways and ports, multimodal transport, and port-related industries, build a modern inland waterway shipping network compatible with the province's industrial layout, create a convenient central sea access waterway channel, and provide foundational support for integrating into and serving the national unified market.
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