【新唐人2013年05月18日讯】中国是一个干旱缺水极为严重的国家，也是全球13个人均水资源最贫乏的国家之一，而近年来中共当局一连串政策上的失误，以及为了发展经济不计后果的大规模开发，又使得缺水现象迅速加剧。对此，英国媒体发表文章指出，中国水资源短缺问题对经济成长可能会造成影响，如果不尽早解决，“中国梦”将难以实现。
英国《金融时报》发表文章说，中国在快速发展经济的同时，忘记了本身其实是个“缺水大国”，人均水资源只有世界人均水准的四分之一。中国经济成长造成的消耗和环境污染，使得水资源短缺现象迅速恶化。与此同时，缺水问题已经开始威胁中国经济的成长。
《金融时报》的文章引述“世界银行”发布的报告指出，水资源危机导致的经济损失，已经约占中国GDP的2.3%。
绿色和平气候与能源项目主任孙庆伟：“一个好的经济发展的模式，应该不只是保证短期内可以看到GDP的增长，应该说长期内，包括我们的下一代以及更远，还有可持续发展的动力。这种只顾短期利益，使水资源遭到破坏，然后破坏环境这个事情，这种增长，我觉得是不可取的。那么这个经济发展不能是真正的发展。”
中国政治和社会观察家戴晴：“这个GDP就没有任何意义，他们就玩数字，觉得GDP涨高了，整个国民经济就发展了，人民生活就幸福了，根本不问国民经济发展的环境代价，也不问人民的幸福包含了多少威胁在里边。”
专家认为，中国水资源短缺主要原因，除了自然环境变化的因素之外，主要原因还是经济建设过程中大量的工业用水、农业用水以及环境污染，而当局的接连不断政策性的失误更是令缺水现象雪上加霜，其中包括围湖造田、三峡工程、南水北调、江河改道等备受争议和专家反对的专案。
戴晴：“因为我们做过北京水短缺的调查，有两条大河，是境外流入北京的，一条是西边的永定河，一条是东边的潮白河，这两条大河都是因为上游修水坝，然后把水拦截住了，比如说永定河的上游，就是修了200个以上的水坝，水都拦住，所以永定河没水了，完全干了，潮白河也没水了，也干了。境内河就是污染，不能用，这也是水短缺的一个方面。”
孙庆伟：“ 我们现在就看到了，他们大量的这种截断河流，修水库还有大量的抽取地下水，这些都造成了局部地区水资源的破坏。”
据统计，2012年至今，包括汇丰银行、毕马威、绿色和平、中国科学院地科所等在内的各大机构，发布了不下10份有关中国缺水的报告。专家们警告：“20年后中国将找不到可饮用的水资源。”
面对着一份份缺水资料，中共官员似乎意识到了水资源短缺的严重性，提出了一些“亡羊补牢”的政策，但是却没有看见贯彻实施。
孙庆伟：“现在也有一些措施说是要加强水资源管理，但是离问题的解决还是有相当的距离。但是没有看到一些很具体的措施去解决它，包括最根本的如何调整经济发展的模式，就是说，这种过分的消耗资源，依靠破坏环境为代价的这种发展模式，如果要是不改变的话，那这个问题的解决真的是不容乐观，那在这方面还没有看到有切实的行动。”
《金融时报》还指出，中国水资源的短缺，已经影响中国社会、政治和经济各个层面，如果当局不能解决水资源问题，那么“中国梦”将很难实现。
采访/易如 编辑/张天宇 后制/孙宁
Experts: In 20 Years Time No Water Will Be Left In China
China is a country with extremely serious drought problem.
It is also one of the 13 poorest countries for
water resources per head.
The mistakes in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
recent strategies and its reckless economic development,
have further exacerbated the water shortage problem.
An article published by British media on this issue wrote that,
water poverty may negatively impact China’s economic growth;
The “China Dream” will become difficult to achieve
if this problem is not solved as quickly as possible.
UK newspaper The Financial Times published
an article which said
in the rapid economic development China seems to be ignoring
the fact it is a huge nation with poor water resources.
It has only one-fourth of the global average amount
of water per person.
The continued decimation of natural resources and polluted
environment has quickly exacerbated the water shortage issue.
Now China’s economic growth is threatened by this issue.
The Financial Times article quoted a report of the World Bank.
This estimated the economic loss due to water poverty
has reached 2.3% of China’s GDP.
Sun Qingwei, head of Climate and Energy Project, Greenpeace:
”A good mode of economic development should
produce short-term GDP growth, and also protect sustainable
development for future generations in the long run.
In my opinion, the (CCP’s) mode of destroying water resources
and environment only for short-term interests is reckless.
Such economic development cannot be viewed as real.”
Dai Qing, observer of China’s political and social affairs:
”The CCP’s GDP is meaningless.
They are simply playing the number game, trying to prove
economic growth and better civil lives with a higher GDP.
However, they don’t care about the environmental cost of
such development, or depriving Chinese people of civil rights “
According to expert analysis, excluding the changes of natural
environment, the main reason for China’s water shortage is
still the massive emission of industrial and agricultural
water and water pollution.
The policy mistakes made by the CCP one after another
have made the situation even worse.
These mistakes include reclaiming lakes into fields, the
Three Gorges Dam project, south-to-north water diversion,
river diversions and other projects that were highly
controversial and opposed by experts.
Dai Qing: ”We have investigated the water
shortage problem of Beijing.
There are two big rivers flowing into Beijing
from the countryside.
One is the Yongding River from the west, and the
other one is the Chaobai River from the east.
A number of dams have been constructed on both
rivers upstream, which block the majority of water flow.
For example, over 200 dams are built on
the upstream of Yongding River.
Therefore the river is completely dry in Beijing.
The situation is the same for Chaobai River.
On the other hand, the rivers originating in Beijing
cannot be used due to pollution.
This is one aspect of the water poverty problem.”
Sun Qingwei: ”Now we see that the blockage of rivers with
dams and massively extracting groundwater has led to the
destruction of water resources in local regions.”
Statistics show that, since 2012 no less than 10 reports
have been released on China’s water poverty problem,
by HSBC Bank, KMPG, Greenpeace, Chinese Academy of
Sciences and other famous agencies.
Experts warn that, “No available water resource
will be left in China after 20 years.”
As so many research reports on water poverty were released,
the CCP officials seem to realize how serious the problem is.
Some remedial measures have been presented,
but have yet to be implemented.
Sun Qingwei: ”Currently there have been some efforts
aiming at improvement of water resource management.
However, we are still far away from solving the problem, as
we haven’t seen any real implementation of those measures;
Especially in adjusting the mode of economic development.
If the style of over-consumption of natural resources and
destroying environment for economic growth does not
change, we cannot have any optimism about the situation.
Till now there has been no real action to make such a change.”
The Financial Times article further commented on the water
shortage problem has shown impact on China’s social, political, and economic affairs;
Without solving this issue, the CCP would never
achieve the “China Dream” they depicted.
