Sustainable Utilization of Water Resources in the Arid Inland Areas of Xinjiang,China

With the concept of sustainable development going deep,it is necessary to deeply study many problems on water resources and its exploitation and utilization.To investigate the major questions in water resources and their exploitation and utilization and to understand the exploitation potential of water resourced are the precondition and basis of sustainable utilization of water resources.In this paper,the major questions in water resources and its exploitation and utilization,as well as the development and utilization potential,in the arid inland areas of Xinjiang are analyzed.Based on the analysis,countermeasures of water resources exploitation and utilization are summarized following the principle of sustainable development.