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20/04/2020

China resumes major water conservancy projects

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) — China has resumed construction of major water conservancy projects amid its further containment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic.

Construction has resumed so far on 143 of the 172 major water conservancy projects, with the scale of investment under construction reaching over 1 trillion yuan (around 141 billion U.S. dollars), according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

The ministry said 30 conservancy projects have completed construction and produced benefits.

As the situation of epidemic control and prevention continues to improve, China is speeding up construction on major infrastructure projects to mitigate the economic impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic.

Construction has resumed on about 85 percent of the housing and urban infrastructure projects in China as of April 1, with about 158,700 housing and urban infrastructure projects across the country cranking up work, according to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Source: Xinhua

10/12/2018

China makes headway in pushing water conservancy projects

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) — China has made headway in pushing major water conservancy projects amid efforts to enhance capacity on flood control, drought relief, as well as food and ecological security, a senior official said.

Some 132 key water conservancy projects have been under construction since 2014, with the total investment exceeding one trillion yuan (about 146 billion U.S. dollars), according to Wang Annan, an official with the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR).

These projects have also promoted the coordinated development among regions and poverty alleviation work, as 75 percent of the 132 projects are located in central and western regions, and 56 percent are in poverty-stricken areas, Wang said.

The projects are part of the country’s plan, announced in 2014, to step up construction of 172 key water conservancy projects by 2020.

By the end of 2019, over 80 percent of the 172 projects will be under construction, and the biggest investment in 2019 will go to the water allocation project in Pearl River Delta region, Wang said.

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