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Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline
The Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline is a pipeline that supplies drinking water from Jinjiang City in mainland China to Kinmen County in Fujian Province, Republic of China. Background Being a small island county, Kinmen had been facing water scarcity problems for years. In 2013, the county drew more than 8,000 tonnes of groundwater every day. Reservoirs were barely sufficient to supply water during dry season. The Kinmen County Government considered seawater desalination as one of several options. However, the cost of desalination was too much for the county government to bear. Therefore, purchasing water from mainland China was the most feasible solution. History Kinmen County first expressed their intention to purchase water from mainland China in 1996 when it suffered from severe drought. In 2000, the Water Resources Bureau accessed the idea of creating such infrastructure project. In June 2013, Taiwan and mainland China agreed to cooperate to solve the water shortage in Kinmen du ...
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Drinking Water
Drinking water or potable water is water that is safe for ingestion, either when drunk directly in liquid form or consumed indirectly through food preparation. It is often (but not always) supplied through taps, in which case it is also called tap water. The amount of drinking water required to maintain good health varies, and depends on physical activity level, age, health-related issues, and environmental conditions. This 2004 article focuses on the USA context and uses data collected from the US military. For those who work in a hot climate, up to a day may be required. About 1 to 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. Water can carry vectors of disease and is a major cause of death and illness worldwide. Developing countries are most affected by unsafe drinking water. Sources Potable water is available in almost all populated areas of the world, although it may be expensive, and the supply may not always be sustainable. Sources where drinking water is commo ...
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Taiwan Affairs Office
The Taiwan Affairs Office is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is responsible for cross-strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related to Taiwan, which is claimed by the People's Republic of China as a province of its own.This organization has no relationship with the Taiwan government. Under the "one institution with two names" arrangement, it is also the Chinese Communist Party's Taiwan Work Office under the CCP Central Committee; the party title is used for party-to-party interactions with Taiwan. History In 2007, the Taiwan Affairs Office established the (ATIEM), consisting of Taiwanese businesses operating in Mainland China. Prior to the 2012 Taiwanese legislative and presidential elections, ATIEM organized discounted flights to Taiwan for Taishang to vote in Taiwanese elections. In July 1999, the Taiwan Affairs Office established the Taiwan.cn news website. Functions The of ...
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Water Pumping
The pumping of water is a basic and practical technique, far more practical than scooping it up with one's hands or lifting it in a hand-held bucket. This is true whether the water is drawn from a Purified water, fresh source, moved to a needed location, water purification, purified, or used for irrigation, washing, or sewage treatment, or for evacuating water from an undesirable location. Regardless of the outcome, the energy required to pump water is an extremely demanding component of water footprint, water consumption. All other processes depend or benefit either from water descending from a higher elevation or some pressurized plumbing system. The ancient concept of the aqueduct (water supply), aqueduct took simple and eloquent advantage of maintaining elevation of water for as long and far a distance as possible. Thus, as water moves over great distances, it retains a larger component of its potential energy by spending small portions of this energy flowing down a slight grad ...
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Fujian
Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefecture city by population is Quanzhou, with other notable cities including the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou. Fujian is located on the west coast of the Taiwan Strait as the closest province geographically and culturally to Taiwan; as a result of the Chinese Civil War, a small portion of historical Fujian is administered by Taiwan, romanized as Fuchien Province, Republic of China, Fuchien. While the population predominantly identifies as Han Chinese, Han, it is one of China's most culturally and linguistically diverse provinces. The dialects of the language group Min Chinese are most commonly spoken within the province, including the Fuzhou dialect and Eastern Min of Northeastern Fujian province and various Southern Min and Hokkien dial ...
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Kinmen County Council
The Kinmen County Council (KMCC; ) is the elected county council of Kinmen County, Republic of China. The council composes of 19 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 November 2022. Speakers * Wang Zai-sheng (KMT) (1 March 2010-25 December 2014) * Hung Li-ping (KMT) (25 December 2014-24 December 2018) * Hung Yun-tien (KMT) (25 December 2018-incumbent) Deputy Speakers * Xu Jianzhong (KMT) (1 March 2010-25 December 2014) * Shieh Tung-long (KMT) (25 December 2014-24 December 2018) * Zhou Zijie (Independent) (25 December 2018-24 December 2022) * Au Yang Yi-xong (KMT) (25 December 2022-incumbent) See also * Kinmen County Government The Kinmen County Government () is the local government of the Republic of China that governs Kinmen County. Organizational structures Bureau * Civil Affairs Bureau * Finance Bureau * Education Bureau * Economic Development Bureau * Public W ... References External links * County councils of Tai ...
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Yu Weiguo
Yu Weiguo (; born October 1955) is a Chinese politician who served as Party Secretary of Fujian. Prior to that he served as Deputy Party Secretary and Governor of Fujian, and Party Secretary of Xiamen. Biography Yu was born in Wendeng, Shandong Province. Yu entered the work force as a chemical factory worker in Taicang, Jiangsu Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in October 1975. In 1979, shortly after the resumption of the National College Entrance Examination, Yu was admitted to the Chinese language department of Renmin University. In 1983, he began working for the Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party, then he began research on Deng Xiaoping theory. Starting in 1991 he served as a political staffer to Wang Zhen and Ding Guangen. In 1995 he was made Assistant to the Mayor of Xiamen, then in 2002 he was named deputy party secretary of Xiamen, and head of the Organization Department of Xiamen. In 2005, Yu was made deputy head, then head of the Organization D ...
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Politics Of Fujian
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external ...
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Liu Jieyi
Liu Jieyi (; born December 1957) is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From March 2018 to December 2022, he was director of the Taiwan Affairs Office. From 2013 to September 2017, he was China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York City. Biography Liu was born in Beijing. He attended Beijing Foreign Studies University and from 1981 to 1987 worked as a translator at the UN offices in Geneva. In 1987, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, where he worked in various positions until 2009. From 2009 to 2013, Liu was the Vice Minister of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party. In 2013, Liu succeeded Li Baodong as China's Permanent Representative to the UN in Manhattan. Liu acted as President of the UN Security Council four times - in November 2013, February 2015, April 2016 and July 2017. Starting October 2017 and up to March 2018, Liu served as Deputy Director of the Taiwan Affairs O ...
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Yang Cheng-wu
Yang Cheng-wu (; born 26 June 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent chairman of the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation. He had served as Magistrate of Kinmen County since 25 December 2018 until 25 December 2022, having won the office in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Prior to contesting the magistracy, Yang represented Kinmen County in the Legislative Yuan. Education Yang obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from Chinese Culture University and earned his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom. Political career Legislative Yuan Yang became the Ninth Legislative Yuan member after winning the 2016 general election representing Kinmen County Constituency. In August 2017, Yang called on for closer cooperation between the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Ministry of Transportation and Communications in creating the helipad and providing the agreed medical evacuation heli ...
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Kinmen County Constituency
Kinmen County is represented in the Legislative Yuan since 2008 by one at-large single-member constituency (Kinmen County Constituency, ). Current district * Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which ... Legislators Yang Cheng-wu resigned in 2018 after elected Kinmen County magistrate. Election results 2024 2020 2016 References {{Legislative Yuan seats by electoral method navbar 2008 establishments in Taiwan Constituencies in Taiwan Kinmen ...
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Chen Fu-hai
Chen Fu-hai (; born 3 June 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the List of county magistrates of Kinmen, Magistrate of Kinmen, Kinmen County from 2014 to 2018, and again since 25 December 2022 as an independent politician. Education Chen obtained his bachelor's degree from the Department of Public Executive Science of National Open University. He then obtained his master's degree in public administration from National University of Kaohsiung and his Ph.D. also in public administration from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Hubei. Early political career Chen was a member of the Kinmen County Council from 1994 to 1998. He was the mayor of Jinhu, Kinmen, Jinhu Township from 1998 to 2006. Chen was elected as a legislator on 12 January 2008. Magistracy 2014 Kinmen County magistrate election Chen was elected as the Magistrate of Kinmen County after winning the 2014 Taiwan local elections, 2014 Kinmen County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014. 2015 ...
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