The number of newly started major water conservancy projects in the first half of the year is the highest in history (extended reading) system | National | Water Conservancy Engineering
The Han River flows through the middle of the Runze Pass in the Qinling Mountains, and the Huangjinxia Water Conservancy Hub of the Han Ji Wei Water Diversion Project is used to store water. The Xiong'an Canal Project in Hebei Province has started construction, and a new water transmission line will be built from the main canal of the South to North Water Diversion Middle Line. The "Century Project" will serve the "Millennium Project". Recently, a series of major water conservancy projects have reached a critical milestone, and the national water network planning and construction have made historic progress. In the first half of this year, there were 17600 newly started water conservancy projects in China with an investment scale of 720.8 billion yuan, an increase of 3707 compared to the same period last year, and an increase of 111.3 billion yuan in investment scale. The number of newly started major water conservancy projects was the highest in history.
The national water network is an important component of the national infrastructure system, which is the foundation and support for solving water disasters, water resources, water ecology, and water environment problems, and ensuring national water security. The basic water situation in our country is characterized by summer floods and winter droughts, with a shortage in the north and abundant in the south, resulting in an uneven distribution of water resources in time and space. The implementation of major national water network projects can fully leverage the advantages and comprehensive benefits of a large-scale water conservancy engineering system, and ensure national water security at a higher level.
Strengthen the main framework, open up major arteries, and enhance the regulation and supply capacity of water resources. The follow-up project of the South to North Water Diversion Middle Line continues to advance, and the Three Gorges Reservoir and Danjiangkou Reservoir will be connected and connected. Make full use of the water supply capacity of the first phase of the South to North Water Diversion Project, with a total of over 62 billion cubic meters of water transferred to the north, directly benefiting more than 150 million people. A circulating and unobstructed national water network provides strong support for promoting regional coordinated development.
Establish irrigation areas and smooth canal systems to improve the comprehensive agricultural production capacity. The construction of supporting facilities and modernization projects for the continuation of large-scale irrigation areas in Hetao continues to advance, with an irrigation area of 2.989 million mu renovated during the 14th Five Year Plan period. The construction and expansion project of the Taihu Lake Port irrigation area in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province was started, and the irrigation area of the irrigation area will be expanded to 413700 mu. Irrigation area engineering is an important infrastructure for developing agricultural irrigation and ensuring food production. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the Ministry of Water Resources will continue to build supporting facilities and modernize more than 120 large-scale irrigation areas. After the completion of the projects, it is expected to increase and improve the irrigation area by about 88 million mu, and increase the annual water-saving capacity by about 7 billion cubic meters.
Building embankments and reservoirs to comprehensively enhance flood control and safety assurance capabilities. The second phase of the Huai River estuary project will historically solve the problem of poor flood discharge in the lower reaches of the Huai River. The safety construction project of the Kangshan flood storage and detention area in Poyang Lake will further improve the flood control system in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and effectively enhance the overall flood control capacity of Poyang Lake and even the Yangtze River Basin. At present, the seven major river basins in China have basically formed a flood control engineering system mainly composed of reservoirs, rivers, embankments, and flood storage and detention areas, providing strong flood control safety guarantees for economic and social development.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources stated that the overall goal of the national water network construction will be anchored, the preliminary work of the project will be deepened, investment will be increased, and the construction of a "complete system, safe and reliable, intensive and efficient, green and intelligent, smooth circulation, and orderly regulation" national water network will be accelerated, continuously releasing comprehensive benefits such as optimized allocation of water resources, flood control and disaster reduction in river basins, and protection of water ecosystems.