DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES OF WATER AND LAND RESOURCES IN THE HEXI REGION, CHINA

Hexi region is located in the northwest arid zone in China, being both the base of industry and agriculture, and the prop of developing northwestern China on a large scale in the next century.On the basis of the study on exploitation and utilization process of water and land resources in past 40 years, and present productivity, this paper approaches the utilization trend and development potential of water and land resources;analyses the characteristics, problems and directions of resource utilization in the future;and proposes the countermeasures of rational development of water and land resources.