Water rights system construction and management for Shiyang River Basin

Shiyang River Basin is a typical water resources shortage area,located in the inland arid areas.Water rights system is a foundational work to optimize the allocation of water resources,which combines the regional water rights allocation with water permit management of industry. Water rights system has an important practical significance for providing efficiency of water allocation,establishing and perfecting thebasin water market and achieving sustainable use of water resources in river basin and social development.This paper proposes water rights connotation,defining principles and initial water rights allocation frame-works and schemes according to the actual situation of water resources of Shiyang river and respecting histo-ry,recognizing the reality and coordinating life,ecology,agricultural as well as industrial water. The paperalso puts relevant schemes and proposals for water rights trading and water rights management system,hop-ing to provide a theoretical basis for the rational allocation of water resources and water rights system con-struction in the Shiyang river basin.