China’s mighty Yellow River has always been a cruel and capricious neighbor to the 140 million people—a fourth of China’s populace—who live near its banks. In the past 3,000 years it has flooded more ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2024 — World Bank support approved today will help enhance management and protection of land and water resources and restoration of natural ecosystems in the Yellow River Basin, ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2022—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$380 million loan to help address water scarcity and ecosystem degradation in China’s Yellow River basin.

China’s top legislature on Sunday passed a law to protect ecological and water resources around the country’s second-longest river, as authorities plan to minimize the impacts of environmental ...