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The invention provides [I] a water-absorbing agent composed of a water-absorbing resin powder having the molecular chains near its surface being crosslinked, said powder being obtained by mixing 100 parts by weight of a powder of a carboxyl-containing water-absorbing resin selected from the group consisting of a hydrolyzate of a starch-acrylonitrile graft polymer, a partially neutralized product of a starch-acrylic acid graft polymer, a saponification product of a vinyl acetate-acrylic ester copolymer, a hydrolyzate of an acrylonitrile copolymer, a crosslinked product of a hydrolyzate of an acrylonitrile copolymer, a hydrolyzate of an acrylamide copolymer, a crosslinked product of a hydrolyzate of an acrylamide copolymer, a partially neutralized product of polyacrylic acid, and a crosslinked product of partially neutralized polyacrylic acid with 0.001 to 10 parts by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, 0.01 to 8 parts by weight of a hydrophilic organic solvent and 0 to 8 parts by weight of water, and heating the mixture at a temperature of at least 90.degree. C. to react the water-absorbing resin powder with the polyhydric alcohol; [II] a water-absorbing agent composed of a mixture of the water-absorbing agent [I] with finely divided silica; [III] a water-absorbing agent obtained by pulverizing and granulating a mixture of the water-absorbing agent [I] with an aqueous liquid; and [IV] a water-absorbing agent composed of a mixture of the water-absorbing agent [III] with finely divided silica.

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