How was the development of water conservancy in China in the first eight months? This set of numbers will show you
The State Council Information Office held a series of themed press conferences on "Authoritative Departmental Discussions" yesterday, and the head of the Ministry of Water Resources introduced the relevant situation of solidly promoting the high-quality development of water conservancy in the new stage.
In the first eight months, the country completed a total investment of 736.1 billion yuan in water conservancy construction
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has put forward clear requirements for improving disaster prevention, reduction and relief capabilities, and coordinating water resources, water environment, and water ecological governance. Since the beginning of this year, water conservancy departments at all levels have made every effort to prevent water and drought disasters. In terms of national water network construction, a number of major projects such as the South to North Water Diversion Middle Route Diversion Project, the Beibu Gulf Water Resources Allocation Project, and the Huai River estuary Phase II Project have been accelerated, and the construction of provincial, municipal, and county-level water networks has been orderly promoted.
Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying: From January to August this year, the country implemented a total investment of 985.6 billion yuan in water conservancy construction, with 23600 new water conservancy projects started and 736.1 billion yuan invested in water conservancy construction completed, all setting a historical record for the same period, providing strong support for the economic recovery and improvement.
In addition, the Ministry of Water Resources has strengthened the supervision of ecological flow in rivers and lakes, implemented ecological replenishment of rivers and lakes, and carried out the recovery action of 88 mother rivers; Promote the construction of digital twin water conservancy and promote the construction of 48 digital twin irrigation areas.
What is the construction of digital twin irrigation areas? The so-called "digital twin irrigation area construction" is a new type of infrastructure that achieves real-time monitoring, problem detection, and optimized scheduling of irrigation areas through comprehensive digital modeling, synchronous simulation operation, virtual real interaction, and iterative optimization.
Last year, China's cumulative ecological water replenishment was about 7 billion cubic meters
At yesterday's press conference, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that China is actively promoting comprehensive and systematic governance of river basins, accelerating the recovery of the ecological environment of rivers and lakes.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that last year, China organized the implementation of ecological water replenishment for rivers and lakes in North China and the connection of the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal. The scope of water replenishment involved 48 rivers and lakes from 7 water systems in the Haihe River Basin, with a cumulative ecological water replenishment of about 7 billion cubic meters. Most rivers in North China have achieved flowing and clean water.
Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying: In 2022, the ecological flow compliance rate of key rivers and lakes in China exceeded 90%, and more than 41000 small hydropower stations in the country have basically reached the level of "discharge and measurement", playing an important role in restoring river connectivity and restoring the ecological environment of rivers and lakes.
More than 7300 large and medium-sized irrigation areas have been built in China
At yesterday's press conference, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that as of now, China has built more than 7300 large and medium-sized irrigation areas, forming a relatively complete network system of storage, diversion, lifting, transportation, and drainage projects.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, more than 1200 large and medium-sized irrigation areas across the country will be renovated and modernized. After completion, it is expected to increase the restored irrigation area by 17.8 million mu, improve the irrigation area by 117 million mu, and increase grain production capacity by nearly 20 billion jin.
Chen Mingzhong, Director of the Rural Water Resources and Hydropower Department of the Ministry of Water Resources: This year, a central investment of 16.6 billion yuan has been arranged for the renovation of 581 large and medium-sized irrigation areas, an increase of seven percentage points from the investment in 2022. So far, these projects have made overall progress smoothly.
This year, the cumulative water supply for spring and summer irrigation has exceeded 250 billion cubic meters, achieving the goal of "irrigation to the fullest extent possible", providing strong water conservancy support and guarantee for high yields and harvests of crops such as wheat, corn, and rice.
