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Mr. Chunliang Cui is Professor, Associate Chief Engineer at Xinjiang Institute of Water Resources Research and head of Water Saving Irrigation Equipment Research Center. His areas of expertise include irrigation and drainage engineering, and hydrology. He has over twenty years of experience in efficient use of water in agriculture, and research & development of equipment for efficient water usage. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Shihezi University, China
The water harvesting and underground transmission system called a karez in the Uygur language, or kan er jing in Mandarin, has provided sustainable water supplies in some communities of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang), China for over 2,000 years. These water systems have also been used in countries in North Africa and West Asia, as well as other Asian countries, including Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan.
