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Information System to Facilitate Data Analysis of "Oriental Danube" |
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An information administration and policy-making support system for the development of the Lancang-Mekong valley has been assessed and was approved Friday by Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department.
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An information administration and policy-making support system for the development of the Lancang-Mekong valley has been assessed and was approved Friday by Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department.
The 4,661-km Lancang-Mekong River, better known as the " Oriental Danube", runs through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
The 2,160-km section in China is known as the Lancang River, and traverses southwest China's Yunnan Province for more than 1, 000 km.
The system, jointly developed by Qinghua University and Yunnan Geographic Research Institute, is composed of five data banks mainly focusing on topography, pictures, and social development information, a web-based information exchange system, a supporting system for policy-making, and eight subsystems specializing in analysis of population growth, biological conditions, industrial crops, tourism, traffic communication, trade, disaster prevention and water resources.
The newly-developed system, the first of its kind for resource analysis and management of China's trunk rivers, will offer various categories of reference materials to policy makers for the sustainable development in the Lancang-Mekong River valley.
Trial operation of the system in the middle and lower reaches of the Lancang River has been considered successful, according to experts who were in charge of the testing program.
It is expected that the system will be applied to the whole Lancang-Mekong River.
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