Research On The Later-stage Support Of Reservoir Resettlement

Since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China,a large number of hydraulic engineering projects have been launched,among which 278 large and medium-sized reservoirs have in Jiangxi Province to meet the needs of the province’s farmland irrigation and been built people’s water consumption.While promoting social development,reservoir construction also played an important role in bringing economic benefits.While achieving the goals of benefiting and eliminating damages from reservoir constructing projects,lots of reservoir resettlements have been brought about.The reservoir resettlement is an involuntary resettlement arising from the construction of the hydraulic projects.It takes a certain period for the resettles to resume production and their daily routine.The transition process is affected by many factors,and the support policy after the relocation is one of the vital aspects that affects the realization of the goal of resettlement,long-term stability,and prosperity.Regarding the support work for large and medium-sized reservoir migrants after their resettlement,our country is currently implementing the policies in “Opinions on Improving the Late-stage Support Policies for Large and Medium-sized Reservoir Migrants” issued by the State Council in 2006,and has achieved a phased victory.Since the 19 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,a series of documents,including the “Notice on Further Support for Large and Medium-sized Reservoir Migrants” issued by the Ministry of Water Resources of PRC in 2018,have been issued,scientifically establishing a set of post-support policy system with high accuracy and strong operability,which ensures that the production and living standards of reservoir migrants are gradually improved.A simple relocation policy cannot meet the actual needs of the resettlers.It is imperative to solve various problems after resettlement,to stably increase the income of the households,to enable them to get re-employed,and to stabilize or gradually improve their quality of life and eventually achieve the goal of relocation which is enabling the resettlers achieving the living standards of the original residents and share the fruits of the development of the new era.It will take a period of transition for the resettlers to restore their production and the living standards before the relocation,and the speed of restoration is restricted by factors such as later support policies and their own capabilities for development.Therefore,the author of the thesis focuses on the reservoir resettlement of S County,and uses various methods to fully investigate the current situation of the county’s reservoir resettlement support work in the later stage,in order to discover the remaining problems in the later stage support policy for reservoir resettlement,and put forward feasible improvement suggestions to help realize the goal of “resettlement,stability,and prosperity”.This thesis consists of six parts,taking the post-resettlement support as the research topic and investigating the implementation of the county’s post-resettlement support and the existing problems,as well as exploring the development path of the post-resettlement support.The first part is the section of introduction,which presents the scope of this thesis,including the general background,the significance,and the procedures of this research.The domestic and international research on resettlement support has been reviewed and paves the way for the following research.The second part gives details of the theories that will be used in this study.The third part gives what the author has learned about the situation of the resettlement households through visiting them and communicating with the staff of the resettlement department in charge of the township and village cadres,and about the distribution area of the reservoir resettlement in S County,the current situation of life,the types of late-support policies,direct funding,and project support.In addition,the implementation of policies such as the construction of beautiful homes is introduced,and the effectiveness of the implementation of support policies in the later stages of resettlement is analyzed.The fourth part presents the problems and shortcomings found during the investigation process and summarizes the problem.In the fifth part,based on the actual situation of reservoir resettlement in S County,it conducts research from five aspects: insufficient direct subsidy funds,poor environmental adaptability,difficulty in employment,lagging industrial development,and insufficient motivation for self-development,and puts forward 5 suggestions to help reservoir migrants to enjoy a richer life.The sixth part is the conclusion and outlook.