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Excerpts: A USDA Science and Technology Exchange Team, sponsored by the Office of International Cooperation and Development, visited the People's Republic of China from April 12 to May 12, 1982. The purpose of the visit was to study China's land use and conservation treatment program, flood control projects, river basin planning, interbasin transfer of water, and micro-hydroelectric generation. The Ministry of Water Conservancy hosted the team of three Soil Conservation Service employees and a professor from the George Washington University. Specific objectives of the visit included investigation of China's (1) river basin planning techniques, including the use and interbasin exchange of water; (2) flood control techniques, both planning and operations; (3) land treatment problems and corrective techniques in high sediment producing upstream watersheds; and (4) use of small watersheds for development of micro-hydroelectric facilities.