Both newspapers say the public also need answers on why the authorities did not report the first case of bird flu in Shanghai sooner, as well as the cause of death for thousands of pigs in the Yangtze River Delta and several sparrows in Nanjing in recent weeks.
With the current situation of ecology and environment in the Yangtze river, man assistant measures have to be taken.
In the meantime, some areas in the Yangtze River delta have moved faster than the Pearl River delta to improve conditions for migrants.
The new bird flu virus outbreak continues to dominate media headlines, as China Central Television reports 14 diagnosed cases and five deaths in the Yangtze River Delta region.
For example, after a severe drought in the Sichuan and Chongqing sections of the Yangtze River in 2006, tens of thousands of unemployed farmers moved to Xinjiang in China's far west to pick cotton.
ECONOMIST: Large parts of China are suffering a winter drought
The construction of the Gezhouba dam in 1981 on the Yangtze river also created a barrier to the migrating fish which further affected fish stocks.
Wednesday, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said the H7N9 virus probably came from migratory birds from East Asia that mixed with domestic fowl in China's Yangtze River delta region around Shanghai.
CNN: WHO reports 5 new bird flu cases in China; total now 49
The diversion project a massive government undertaking will bring billions of gallons of water from the Yangtze River in the south northward to Beijing and other parts of northern China.
One afternoon that spring, I received a call from Jimmy, who was teaching in a village near the Yangtze River.
In May and June, heavy rains in the basin of the Yangtze river had created an enormous flow of fresh water, and this jet had sluiced the jellyfish towards Japan.
"The individuals born in the late 1980s and early 1990s should survive in the wild, since the Yangtze river system is large and it has some complicated habitats where the paddlefish could hide, " he says.
The region has been unable to match the success of the Yangtze and Pearl River deltas in attracting investment in low-technology, labour-intensive private industry.
Beginning on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people of several ethnic groups throughout China and the world celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
However, some of those projects, such as the gigantic Three Gorges project on the Yangtze River, due to start generating power in 2009, have created a separate set of environmental problems.
The film Red Cliff by director John Woo, the most expensive ever made in China, retells the story of a battle on the Yangtze river, as Cao Cao's navy is moored on one bank while Liu Bei and his accomplices are plotting on the other.
This newfound reptile appears to be the first known freshwater mosasaur, an animal comparable to modern river dolphins now seen in the Amazon, Ganges and Yangtze rivers.
Cruising the Yangtze River was amazing and is a growing adventure as are cruises in general.
He was acquiring an offshore island across the Yangtze River from Shanghai meant to become the most fully energy self-sustaining eco-city in the world.
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