Xinqiao Cheng, Yuan Wang, Meilong Li

Xinqiao Cheng

December 09, 2025

Watershed environmental protection, Provincial legislation, Collaborative legislation, Three water co-governance.

Legislation on watershed environmental protection is an integral part of China's ecological civilization legislative system. As the "province of thousands of rivers", Sichuan Province has numerous water networks in its watersheds, and has achieved certain results in provincial-level legislation on watershed environmental protection. It continues to develop in exploring cross regional local collaborative legislation and combining local characteristic legislation. However, there are still problems such as legislative gaps in the regulatory system, poor operability of provisions, and insufficient innovation in cross regional collaborative legislative systems. The reasons for this are the lack of consideration for the actual situation of the watershed in legislation, the imperfect legislative evaluation mechanism, and the limited scope of collaborative legislation, which contradict the overall environmental governance of the watershed. To this end, it is necessary to improve provincial-level legislation through strengthening the construction of a legislative system, researching relevant technical standards, improving pre-legislative procedures, and deepening cross regional collaborative legislation, in order to enhance the quality of legislation and promote the construction of ecological civilization.

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