Russia, China to develop joint water management

Russia and China will set up two working groups for integrated water management and the monitoring of the quality of transboundary waters and their protection, the Russian Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry's press office reported today according to RBC. A joint Russian-Chinese commission for the rational use and protection of transboundary waters will hold a meeting in Khabarovsk on December 26-28, with a protocol establishing the working groups to be signed following the meeting.