Water conservancy fund is a special fund for water conservancy construction, which consists of central water conservancy construction fund and local water conservancy construction fund. The central water conservancy construction fund is mainly used for the maintenance and construction of major river key projects related to the overall situation of national economic and social development. Local water conservancy construction funds are mainly used for urban flood control and the management, maintenance and construction of small and medium-sized rivers and lakes. The management expenses of major water conservancy construction projects across river basins and provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and key protection projects of transnational rivers and border rivers in China shall be borne by the central and local governments.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Rural Revitalization Promotion Law Article 61 People's governments at all levels should adhere to the principle of taking it from agriculture and mainly using it for agriculture, adjust and improve the use scope of land use right transfer income in accordance with relevant state regulations, and increase the proportion of investment in agriculture and rural areas. It is mainly used for high-standard farmland construction, farmland water conservancy construction, modern seed industry upgrading, rural water supply guarantee, improvement of rural living environment, comprehensive improvement of rural land, protection of cultivated land and permanent basic farmland, construction and management of village public facilities, rural education, rural cultural and spiritual civilization construction expenditure, and ecological protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, lakes, grasses and sands directly related to agriculture and rural areas and the construction of work-based relief projects.