Analyze Livelihood Issues Of The South-to-north Water Diversion Project

The South-to-North Water Diversion is a great project of national attention. As a part of this project,the middle water storage and transfer route with the longest span, the largest swamped land area and themost extensive influence has transferred165thousand peasants of the reservoir area away from their homes,which forms the mass migration of Xichuan County. The migration and resettlement work is an extremelycomplicated system engineering with many difficulties, which has strong sociality, economy andscientificity. And the execution of the migration work is closely related to the implementation of themigration policies of the Party and the country, the Party’s image in people’s mind and the practicallivelihood issues such as the immigrants’ production and living standard. All these issues are thewidely-concerned subjects of many experts and scholars. This paper attempts to survey the South NorthWater Diversion Project in Xichuan County, the relocation and resettlement after the new living conditions,further study on the successful experiences of resettlement and existing problems, to put forward thecorresponding solution and the countermeasure.the thesis presents an overview of the migration project and livelihood issues. This part includes:the history of Chinese migration work and the related policies and measures; the domestic research statusand achievements concerning the resettlement of the immigrants; and the specific resettlement issues inXichuan county with a view to people’s livelihood.First of all, the thesis briefly introduces the middle route of the South-to-North Water DiversionProject and the present resettlement situations in Xichuan County. This part includes the concern aboutpeople’s livelihood developments in the resettlement process in Xichuan County. Livelihood issues are not only related to the fundamental interests of the people, but also related to the overall situation of ourcountry’s reform and development. Livelihood issues have become the focal point of constructing socialistharmonious society and the construction work of new immigration villages of our Party and thegovernment, who have shown great concern concerning people’s livelihood issues in terms of three aspects:policy-making, the immigrants’ psychology and hotspots of the immigrants’ livelihood.Second, the thesis discusses the successful experiences and existing problems in the immigrants’resettlement of Xichuan County. As people’s livelihood is the essential concern of our country’s politicalsystem, it is naturally and consistently a focal issue of our Party’s concern. After investigation and reviewof the immigrants’ present living situations in new villages, the researcher summarized the successfulresettlement experiences: with a people-oriented policy, we should carry it out thoroughly with overallplanning and deployment and maintain the stability of new villages. On the other hand, the researcher alsoexamines some existing problems in the process. With such a comprehensive analysis, specific problems inconcrete contexts can be analyzed and immigrant’s worries can be addressed; and a harmonious new villagecan be constructed with joint efforts.Last, the thesis proposes practical strategies and measures aimed at specific questions. Theimmigrants’ resettlement work must deal with the concrete issues in accordance with Marxism and theScientific Outlook on Development, which is the basis and key of constructing a harmonious society.Besides, sound and relevant policies and systems should be established and implemented with theguarantee of relevant enforcement measures so that preferential policies can really benefit every immigrant.Moreover, targeted at concrete problems, we should conduct research and make reflections by linkingtheory with practice and then put forward practical measures in order to satisfy the immigrants’ demands in aspects such as education, employment, income distribution, social insurance and social undertakings.