Article 39 The State applies a licensing system for sand quarrying in river courses.

第三十九条国家实行河道采砂许可制度。

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Article 12 For water resources the State applies the system under which management of river basins is combined with management of administrative regions.

第十二条国家对水资源实行流域管理与行政区域管理相结合的管理体制。

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In consequence, the applause was muted when, in his second inaugural speech, Brown bragged that his administration was building an artificial river down the spine of the state and mightily expanding the greatest system of public colleges and universities in the world.

ECONOMIST: American politics