Optimizing water resources a top priority
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Optimizing water resources a top priority

China Daily  

With the goal of bolstering ecological civilization, Zhanjiang city in Guangdong province is comprehensively advancing its role in the Guangdong water resources allocation project in the Beibu Gulf region, ensuring land use while optimizing water resources to provide strong support for high-quality leapfrog development. As the largest water diversion project in Guangdong, the 61.46 billion yuan project covers 490.33 kilometers of pipes on a main line and three branch lines. It has a designed water diversion flow of 110 cubic meters per second, and an average annual water diversion volume of 2.08 billion cu m. The project focuses on urban and rural domestic and industrial water supply, while also considering agricultural irrigation. Zhanjiang is also coordinating the integrated urban and rural water supply to build 79 large-scale surface water supply plants and expand or replace 21,263 km of water supply pipelines, with a total water supply capacity reaching 3.32 million metric tons per day.

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The dangers of China’s planned megadam
2 months, 4 weeks ago

The dangers of China’s planned megadam

Live Mint  

China is giving the world a dubious gift. The Great Bend hydroelectric project, which would sit on China’s contested border with India, would inflame tensions between the two giants and aggravate other South Asian nations. The ambitious new complex would have three times the power-generating capacity of the world’s current largest hydropower project—the Three Gorges Dam on China’s Yangtze River. …

Investment in water projects bears fruit
3 months ago

Investment in water projects bears fruit

China Daily  

This aerial photo shows vessels passing the Paihekou Lock of a mega water project to divert water from the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, in East China's Anhui province, Dec 30, 2022. A record 1.35 trillion yuan worth of investment was made for building water resources management facilities across the country last year, marking the third straight year of …

Three Gorges project generates 1.7 trln kWh of power
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Three Gorges project generates 1.7 trln kWh of power

China Daily  

This photo taken on July 7, 2023 shows the scenery of Wuxia Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. BEIJING -- The Three Gorges project, the world's largest hydropower project, has generated over 1.7 trillion kWh of electricity. It has improved navigation of the Yangtze River, with a cumulative cargo throughput of …

Water diversion efforts hydrate parched north
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Water diversion efforts hydrate parched north

China Daily  

Li Darong leads fellow volunteers to patrol the surrounding areas of the Danjiangkou Reservoir. Since 2014, 10.6 billion cubic meters of water have been supplied to Beijing, accounting for nearly 80 percent of the water usage of the capital's residents. The introduction of southern water has increased Beijing's per capita water resources from 100 to 150 cubic meters, according to …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Relocated communities make most of Three Gorges' funding

China Daily  

Editor's note: As protection of the planet's flora, fauna and resources becomes increasingly important, China Daily is publishing a series of stories to illustrate the country's commitment to safeguarding the natural world. Twenty-one years after the switch being flicked on at the world's largest hydroelectric power project at the Three Gorges Dam in Central China's Hubei province, millions of terawatts …

Mega project in China diverts 76.5 billion cubic meters of water to north
4 months ago

Mega project in China diverts 76.5 billion cubic meters of water to north

China Daily  

BEIJING -- The eastern and central routes of China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project have transferred 76.5 billion cubic meters of water to the country's drought-prone northern regions. The country's South-to-North Water Diversion Project celebrates its 10th anniversary of operations this year. The eastern route transfers water from East China's Jiangsu province to areas such as Tianjin and Shandong. Wang Annan, …

Yangtze River Delta ramps up integration with megaprojects
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Yangtze River Delta ramps up integration with megaprojects

China Daily  

By WANG YING in Wenzhou, Zhejiang| China Daily Global| Updated :2024-06-07 The Yangtze River Delta region is set for a significant leap in integration this year, with a series of ambitious projects aimed at boosting connectivity, innovation and public services. The plans, unveiled Thursday at a high-level forum in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, include adding 660 kilometers of railway lines and …

Efforts to save water ramped up
10 months ago

Efforts to save water ramped up

China Daily  

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY China has further intensified policy incentives and constraints to continuously promote water conservation and enhance water use efficiency across various sectors, according to a series of newly adopted regulations. In 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Water Resources issued the National Water Conservation Action Plan, setting control targets for national water consumption, …

Diversion project to secure water supply in Beibu Gulf
10 months, 1 week ago

Diversion project to secure water supply in Beibu Gulf

China Daily  

The massive water diversion project for the Beibu Gulf breaks ground in Hepu county of Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in September last year. ZHOU HUA/XINHUA The massive water diversion project for the Beibu Gulf in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is expected to meet the water needs of 14 million people when it is completed by the end of …

Water resource management projects on the rise
11 months, 1 week ago

Water resource management projects on the rise

China Daily  

China has seen significant jumps in the number of newly launched projects for water resources management and the investment for them in the first three months this year, according to the Ministry of Water Resources. In the first quarter, about 23,500 such projects were under construction, and the total investment for them reached 4.7 trillion yuan, said Chen Min, vice-minister …

Optimizing water resources a top priority
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Optimizing water resources a top priority

China Daily  

With the goal of bolstering ecological civilization, Zhanjiang city in Guangdong province is comprehensively advancing its role in the Guangdong water resources allocation project in the Beibu Gulf region, ensuring land use while optimizing water resources to provide strong support for high-quality leapfrog development. As the largest water diversion project in Guangdong, the 61.46 billion yuan project covers 490.33 kilometers …

Region's fishery output ranks high
1 year, 8 months ago

Region's fishery output ranks high

China Daily  

Zhanjiang has developed five deep-water net cage aquaculture zones, namely Zhanjiang Bay, Donghai Island, Xilian, Liusha and Caotan. Zhanjiang has developed nearshore shellfish farming focusing on the oyster, covering an area of 20,000 hectares, with annual production of various shellfish reaching 450,000 metric tons. In 2022, the total fishery output of Zhanjiang amounted to more than 1.25 million tons, worth …

Region's fishery output ranks high
1 year, 8 months ago

Region's fishery output ranks high

China Daily  

Zhanjiang has developed five deep-water net cage aquaculture zones, namely Zhanjiang Bay, Donghai Island, Xilian, Liusha and Caotan. Zhanjiang has developed nearshore shellfish farming focusing on the oyster, covering an area of 20,000 hectares, with annual production of various shellfish reaching 450,000 metric tons. In 2022, the total fishery output of Zhanjiang amounted to more than 1.25 million tons, worth …

As climate change hits, China weighs new water megaprojects
1 year, 9 months ago

As climate change hits, China weighs new water megaprojects

India Today  

As droughts loom, China is planning ambitious new water infrastructure projects in hope that moving more of the precious liquid across the country will mitigate the impact of climate change - but experts warn more river diversions may be costly. Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said the plan would "unblock the major arteries" of the river system by 2035, …

Shandong to build water sample network
2 years, 2 months ago

Shandong to build water sample network

China Daily  

Shandong government recently released a regulation stating that the province will complete the construction of a water sample network by the end of 2025. According to the regulation, the coverage rate of the water network in the province is expected to reach 88.2 percent, and the total annual water consumption of the province will be limited to 24.11 billion cubic …

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network

China Daily  

据水利部介绍，十年来，立足流域整体和水资源空间均衡配置，我国加快实施一批重大引调水工程。南水北调东、中线一期工程建成通水，累计供水量达到565亿立方米，惠及1.5亿人。安全可靠、集约高效、绿色智能、调控有序的国家水网正在加快构建。 To achieve the balanced spatial allocation of water resources, China has sped up the construction of a batch of major water diversion projects in the past decade, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said at a press conference on Tuesday, giving the example of parts of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which transferred 56.5 billion cubic meters of water …

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network

China Daily  

据水利部介绍，十年来，立足流域整体和水资源空间均衡配置，我国加快实施一批重大引调水工程。南水北调东、中线一期工程建成通水，累计供水量达到565亿立方米，惠及1.5亿人。安全可靠、集约高效、绿色智能、调控有序的国家水网正在加快构建。 To achieve the balanced spatial allocation of water resources, China has sped up the construction of a batch of major water diversion projects in the past decade, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said at a press conference on Tuesday, giving the example of parts of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which transferred 56.5 billion cubic meters of water …

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network
2 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣国家水网 national water network

China Daily  

据水利部介绍，十年来，立足流域整体和水资源空间均衡配置，我国加快实施一批重大引调水工程。南水北调东、中线一期工程建成通水，累计供水量达到565亿立方米，惠及1.5亿人。安全可靠、集约高效、绿色智能、调控有序的国家水网正在加快构建。 To achieve the balanced spatial allocation of water resources, China has sped up the construction of a batch of major water diversion projects in the past decade, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying said at a press conference on Tuesday, giving the example of parts of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, which transferred 56.5 billion cubic meters of water …

Shandong builds inland water transportation network
2 years, 8 months ago

Shandong builds inland water transportation network

China Daily  

The Zaozhuang section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Shandong province is beautifully illuminated by a set of lanterns themed on "prosperity brought by the dragon and the phoenix" in the Taierzhuang ancient town scenic area. Shandong province has been ramping up efforts to build a comprehensive inland water transportation network that is "connected to seas and rivers", local media …

Hechi implements 77 water conservancy infrastructure projects this year
2 years, 10 months ago

Hechi implements 77 water conservancy infrastructure projects this year

China Daily  

According to the Hechi water conservancy bureau, 77 construction projects in Hechi were included in the 2022 water conservancy infrastructure project as of April 30, with all of them receiving financial support from the central budget and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The projects have a total investment plan of 989.76 million yuan and have already invested 248.4 million yuan. The …

China endeavors to fight water scarcity
3 years ago

China endeavors to fight water scarcity

China Daily  

Fan Lanchi, 58, still remember the flavor of a cup of tea 39 years ago, when he was a student at Nankai University. "It tasted so sweet," said Fan, who is now an official of China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, working to protect water resources in the Haihe River basin. With tap water accessible to over 80 percent of …

Quzhou water conservancy irrigation
3 years, 2 months ago

Quzhou water conservancy irrigation

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2022-01-13 A bird-eye view of a canal diverted from the Wuxi River. The on-site 14th Five-Year Plan renewal supporting facilities and modernization project of Quzhou, East China's Zhejiang province completed the investment of 134.1 million yuan, making progress in the targeted annual task, according to local media reports on Jan 3. Quzhou has long boasted its water conservancy …

Shanxi makes progress in soil erosion treatment in 2016-20
4 years, 1 month ago

Shanxi makes progress in soil erosion treatment in 2016-20

China Daily  

Shanxi province managed to treat 18,350 square kilometers of land suffering from soil erosion during the 13th Five-Year period, according to an announcement from Shanxi Provincial Department of Water Resources on Feb 5. In the past five years, Shanxi expanded its water supply capacity by 549 million cubic meters, and the province's optimized water supply capacity reached 8.6 billion cu …

Jiaxing to build water landscape
4 years, 8 months ago

Jiaxing to build water landscape

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated : Jul 15, 2020 Jiaxing in East China's Zhejiang province plans to construct a water landscape based on its nine major rivers. Jiaxing in East China's Zhejiang province will construct a water landscape to increase its aesthetic appeal and natural environment, Jiaxing Daily reported recently. Jiaxing is well-known for the nine rivers that flow through its downtown area, …

Guangxi hydro project starts water storage
5 years ago

Guangxi hydro project starts water storage

China Daily  

The Guangxi Dateng Gorge water conservancy project starts water storage on March 10. The Dateng Gorge water conservancy project, a landmark project for water conservation and water supply, as well as a key project of the Pearl River Basin located in Guiping, Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, started water storage on March 10. The second phase will further lift the …

Construction starts on water diversion project
5 years, 4 months ago

Construction starts on water diversion project

China Daily  

The Linqing-located Qiutun sluice gate on the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. The water replenishment project - part of the eastern route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project - is expected to take 21 months to complete. Consisting of eastern and western lines, the extension project stretches a combined 695 kilometers and is set to cost 477 …

Huanjiang to guarantee safe drinking water for residents
6 years, 10 months ago

Huanjiang to guarantee safe drinking water for residents

China Daily  

Huanjiang Maonan autonomous county has invested a total of 41.38 million yuan into its safe drinking water project, benefiting 86,800 residents, including 26,500 residents from registered low-income families. The project addresses the lack of safe drinking water among impoverished residents in remote areas and is a key step toward broader poverty alleviation in the region. Priority is given to providing …

Construction of world's second largest hydropower station begins
7 years, 7 months ago

Construction of world's second largest hydropower station begins

China Daily  

WUHAN — Building work on what will be the world's second largest hydropower station started Thursday. With a total installed capacity of 16 million kilowatts, the project is expected to generate more than 60 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, equal to about two-thirds of Beijing's electricity consumption in 2015. With a combined installed capacity of more than 46 …

Construction of world's second largest hydropower station begins
7 years, 7 months ago

Construction of world's second largest hydropower station begins

China Daily  

WUHAN — Building work on what will be the world's second largest hydropower station started Thursday. With a total installed capacity of 16 million kilowatts, the project is expected to generate more than 60 billion kilowatt hours of electricity per year, equal to about two-thirds of Beijing's electricity consumption in 2015. With a combined installed capacity of more than 46 …

Reservoirs along Yangtze River prove worth in reducing floods
7 years, 8 months ago

Reservoirs along Yangtze River prove worth in reducing floods

China Daily  

Trees are submerged by a flood in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday. Reservoirs along the Yangtze River, including the Three Gorges Reservoir, have played a big role in relieving flood pressure downstream. The Three Gorges Reservoir reduced the discharge flow during the rainfall process and other reservoirs in the middle and upper reaches of Yangtze also helped in storing and …

Reservoirs along Yangtze River prove worth in reducing floods
7 years, 8 months ago

Reservoirs along Yangtze River prove worth in reducing floods

China Daily  

Trees are submerged by a flood in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Friday. Reservoirs along the Yangtze River, including the Three Gorges Reservoir, have played a big role in relieving flood pressure downstream. The Three Gorges Reservoir reduced the discharge flow during the rainfall process and other reservoirs in the middle and upper reaches of Yangtze also helped in storing and …

Yangtze water refreshes regions in myriad ways
7 years, 9 months ago

Yangtze water refreshes regions in myriad ways

China Daily  

Editor's note: In the run-up to the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress, China Daily will cover a series of key projects and advanced equipment of national importance, showcasing the country's huge improvement and relentless efforts at innovation. The thirsty eastern and northern regions of China received 10 billion cubic meters of diverted Yangtze River water as of June …

70 pct of Beijing tap water comes from Yangtze
7 years, 9 months ago

70 pct of Beijing tap water comes from Yangtze

China Daily  

BEIJING -- More than 70 percent of the tap water in Beijing's main urban areas comes from the Yangtze River, thanks to a huge water diversion project that was designed to ease water shortages in the north. Beijing has received 2.28 billion cubic meters of Yangtze water since the south-to-north water diversion project began pumping water into the city in …

Project brings clean water to mountain villagers[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 10 months ago

Project brings clean water to mountain villagers[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Water project brings clean water to villagers of Wulong in Southwest China's Chongqing. To solve the drinking water problem in Fazi Village, the local government invested over 4 million yuan to build a clean and safe water system, including 18 giant drinking water tanks to store water from a river in Jiangkou county. In 2000, China launched a drinking water …

China Blocks Tributary of Brahmaputra in Tibet to Build Dam
8 years, 5 months ago

China Blocks Tributary of Brahmaputra in Tibet to Build Dam

The Quint  

The Lalho project on Xiabuqu river, a tributary of Yarlung Zangbo, in Xigaze in Tibet involves an investment of 4.95 billion yuan, Zhang Yunbao, head of the project's administration bureau was quoted as saying by the news agency. The outline of China's 12th Five Year Plan indicates that three more hydropower projects on the mainstream of the Brahmaputra river in …

Rivers bring livelihood to workers in central China[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years ago

Rivers bring livelihood to workers in central China[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

A garbage collector in Yichang, Hubei province. On World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, he sat in front of monitors watching vessels pass through the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. After graduating in 2014 from the Navigation School of Wuhan University of Technology, the 27-year-old started working at the Three Gorges Dam as a dispatcher, …

Rivers bring livelihood to workers in central China[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years ago

Rivers bring livelihood to workers in central China[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

A garbage collector in Yichang, Hubei province. On World Water Day, observed annually on March 22, he sat in front of monitors watching vessels pass through the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project. After graduating in 2014 from the Navigation School of Wuhan University of Technology, the 27-year-old started working at the Three Gorges Dam as a dispatcher, …

Investment in water projects tops 2 trillion yuan in 5 years
9 years, 1 month ago

Investment in water projects tops 2 trillion yuan in 5 years

China Daily  

A water diversion project to supply fresh water to Taiwan’s Kinmen Island officially started construction in Longhu town, Jinjing city in East China’s Fujian province. BEIJING -- China invested more than 2 trillion yuan in water conservation during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the Ministry of Water Resources said on Friday. The investment benefitted hundreds of millions of people through …

Fish in C China endangered by water project
10 years, 8 months ago

Fish in C China endangered by water project

China Daily  

Many fish species in rivers in one city of Central China's Hubei province haven't laid eggs this reproduction season due to insufficient water flow, one of the by-products of the country's large-scale water diversion project, the Beijing News reported. Cai Yan, an expert from the local fisheries research institute, found the abnormal phenomenon in the first week of July, while …

Diversion project's water quality guaranteed
10 years, 8 months ago

Diversion project's water quality guaranteed

China Daily  

The quality of water delivered to Beijing through the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's central route will be guaranteed, environmental officials have said, as a two-month water delivery test on the section in Henan province started early this month. The main canal of the project's central route south of the Yellow River began a water flow test …

Guangdong project to ensure fresh water for Hong Kong[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
11 years, 1 month ago

Guangdong project to ensure fresh water for Hong Kong[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Guangdong's provincial water resources department will make the Pearl River Delta project the top priority in the coming two years in order to secure the water supply of Hong Kong, a senior official said on Tuesday. The project is designed to pump water from the Xijiang River valley to the Dongjiang River valley, which is the main fresh water supply …

Guangdong project to ensure fresh water for Hong Kong[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
11 years, 1 month ago

Guangdong project to ensure fresh water for Hong Kong[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Guangdong's provincial water resources department will make the Pearl River Delta project the top priority in the coming two years in order to secure the water supply of Hong Kong, a senior official said on Tuesday. The project is designed to pump water from the Xijiang River valley to the Dongjiang River valley, which is the main fresh water supply …

Water diversion set to benefit Shandong
11 years, 3 months ago

Water diversion set to benefit Shandong

China Daily  

Project will quench the thirst for parched northern part of country Shandong province will get about 34 million cubic meters of clean water in the first use of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project's east route, authorities said. The east route's first phase, which cost more than 50 billion yuan, is expected to supply up to 8.77 billion cu m of …

Project's delay leaves Beijing thirsty
14 years, 9 months ago

Project's delay leaves Beijing thirsty

China Daily  

2010-06-29 07:11 BEIJING - The delay of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is accelerating the water crisis in the capital, where 17.55 million people are overdrawing inadequate supplies, experts said. According to Beijing's urban planning design, the city's annual water demand will be 4 to 5 billion cubic meters by 2020. The water diversion project will transfer at least 1 …

Project's delay leaves Beijing thirsty
14 years, 9 months ago

Project's delay leaves Beijing thirsty

China Daily  

2010-06-29 07:11 BEIJING - The delay of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is accelerating the water crisis in the capital, where 17.55 million people are overdrawing inadequate supplies, experts said. According to Beijing's urban planning design, the city's annual water demand will be 4 to 5 billion cubic meters by 2020. The water diversion project will transfer at least 1 …

China faces water deficit
14 years, 11 months ago

China faces water deficit

China Daily  

进入英语学习论坛下载音频 去听写专区一展身手 China will face a water supply deficit of up to 201 billion cubic meters in the next two decades if the country does not adopt proper water-saving technologies and practices, a report by global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has found. Given the drastic growth in industrial and municipal water use, China's total water demand could reach …

Water consumption for per unit of GDP to drop 30%
18 years, 10 months ago

Water consumption for per unit of GDP to drop 30%

China Daily  

Water consumption for per unit of GDP to drop 30% Updated: 2006-05-29 09:26 China's water resources are to be used more efficiently with water consumption for per unit of gross domestic product to drop by 30 percent by 2010, according to the nation's water resources meeting held Sunday in north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Among the 600 Chinese cities, …

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