As of 2017, what is China doing about its water shortage?

A great deal - see Water supply and sanitation in China - Wikipedia. One major project has been to create giant links between the wet south and the much drier north. read more

In three provinces – Shanxi, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia – the water even got worse, with the amount of surface water “fit for human contact” falling by 1.4%, 6.3%, and 13.6% respectively. Across China, access to drinkable water is not just a quality of life issue, it’s about survival. read more

Widespread water pollution is making China's water shortage even worse. Already limited supplies of fresh water in China's north are growing increasingly polluted from industry and urbanization. In fact, according to official government statistics, more than half of northern China's groundwater is currently undrinkable because of pollution. read more