On the afternoon of September 25, 2024 (Wednesday), the Ministry of Water Resources held a press conference on the progress and effectiveness of water conservancy infrastructure construction, at which Wang Baoen, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, introduced the relevant situation, and answered questions from reporters with Zhang Xiangwei, Director of the Planning and Planning Department, Shang Quanquan, Director of the Water Conservancy Engineering Construction Department, Xu Dezhi, Deputy Director of the Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Department, and Yao Wenguang, Director of the Department of Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention.
Diao Lili
Hello everyone! Welcome to the press conference of the Ministry of Water Resources.
Today, we are holding a press conference on the progress and effectiveness of water infrastructure to introduce the situation and answer your questions. Present at the press conference were: Wang Baoen, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, Zhang Xiangwei, Director of the Planning and Planning Department, Shang Quanquan, Director of the Water Conservancy Engineering Construction Department, Xu Dezhi, Deputy Director of the Rural Water Conservancy and Hydropower Department, and Yao Wenguang, Director of the Department of Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention.
First of all, I would like to invite Vice Minister Wang Baoen to make an introduction.
Wang Baoen
Good afternoon, fellow journalists! We welcome you to take time out of your busy schedules to attend today's press conference, and thank you very much for your long-term concern and support for the development of water conservancy undertakings.
Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Water Resources has been guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, actively practiced General Secretary Xi Jinping's "water conservation priority, spatial balance, systematic governance, and two-handed efforts" water control ideas and the spirit of important expositions on water control, conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, coordinated high-quality development and high-level security, coordinated high-quality development and high-level protection, and adhered to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability. While resolutely winning the tough battle of flood prevention and flood control, we will focus on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and the construction of the national water network, track the approval of national debt projects, the availability of funds, the progress of the project, etc., schedule meetings every month, strengthen guidance and assistance to provinces with heavy construction tasks, and make every effort to promote the construction of water conservancy infrastructure under the premise of ensuring the quality and safety of project construction. From January to August, the implementation and completion of investment in water conservancy construction, the number of water conservancy projects implemented, and the number of jobs absorbed all exceeded the same period last year, making water conservancy contributions to promoting sustained economic growth and stable development.
First, the investment in water conservancy construction across the country has reached a new high. From January to August, the national water conservancy construction completed an investment of 801.94 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7 percent on the basis of a high level in the same period last year. Five provinces, including Hebei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong and Anhui, have completed an investment of more than 40 billion yuan. More than 7,800 water conservancy construction projects have been arranged through the issuance of additional treasury bonds, and the implementation of all projects is being accelerated, with an investment of 303.77 billion yuan completed, of which Hebei has completed an investment of more than 40 billion yuan and Beijing has completed an investment of more than 20 billion yuan.
Second, the construction of a number of major water conservancy projects has been accelerated. Since the beginning of this year, 37 major water conservancy projects have been started, 6 more than the same period last year, especially the construction of the Guxian Water Conservancy Hub, a landmark major project for the protection and management of the Yellow River in the new era. The Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project has been fully opened to water, the Heihe Huangzangsi Water Conservancy Hub, the Jiangxi Huaqiao Reservoir, and the Inner Mongolia Dongtaizi Reservoir have been put into operation. The implementation of a number of major national water network projects, such as the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the second phase of the Huaihe River inlettu, the allocation of water resources around the Beibu Gulf, the improvement of the Wusong River in Taihu Lake, the Xiajiang irrigation area in Jiangxi, and the flood storage and detention area in the Haihe River basin, has been accelerated. The construction of these projects will provide a solid water security guarantee for the implementation of major national strategies.
Third, the number of people employed by water conservancy construction has continued to increase. Since the beginning of this year, 42,000 water conservancy projects have been implemented nationwide, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%, of which 28,000 new projects have been started, a year-on-year increase of 18.7%. The construction of large-scale water conservancy infrastructure has actively created jobs, especially to absorb as many rural labor force as possible, and give full play to the important role of stabilizing employment. As of the end of August, the construction of water conservancy projects nationwide had absorbed 2.098 million jobs, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. Among them, 1.696 million rural laborers were employed, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech on the current economic situation and economic work in the second half of the year, in accordance with the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, while going all out to do a good job in flood prevention, typhoon prevention and drought control, together with relevant departments and localities, seize the favorable opportunity after the main flood season, continue to strengthen organization and promotion, do a good job in safe production, strengthen quality control, vigorously promote the construction of water conservancy infrastructure, and ensure the realization of the annual goals and tasks.
I'll start with that. Now, my colleagues and I would like to answer questions from journalists. Thank you!
Diao Lili
Thank you, Vice Minister Wang Baoen, and now we will move on to the question session, and please raise your hand and inform your news organization before asking a question. Please start asking questions.
Q&A session
Q&A 1
Economic Daily
We know that since the issuance of the "Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan", all localities have actively promoted the construction of water networks. Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask Mr. Zhang Xiangwei to answer this question.
Zhang Xiangwei
Thank you for your question. In recent years, the Ministry of Water Resources has organized water conservancy departments at all levels, with the strong support of relevant departments, to strengthen organization and promotion, and do a solid job in the preliminary work of water network projects. At the same time, we should deepen the reform of water conservancy investment and financing, adhere to the role of the government and the market mechanism, strive to expand the scale of water conservancy investment, and make every effort to promote the construction of the national water network and achieve remarkable results.
First, the main framework and arteries of the national water network have been improved at an accelerated pace, and the lifeline of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been fully utilized. Since the opening of the project, the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has diverted a total of 75.2 billion cubic meters of water, directly benefiting 185 million people. At the same time, we will accelerate the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and fully implement the project to divert the Yangtze River to supplement the Han River along the middle route, which will connect the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, so that the amount of water diverted from the north of the Central Route Project will increase from 9.5 billion cubic meters to 11.5 billion cubic meters. We have also built a water quality safety guarantee system for the water sources of the middle route project, strengthened the protection of the water sources of the middle route, and ensured that "a flood of clean water will continue to go north".
Second, a number of key water transmission and drainage channels and important water network storage nodes have been accelerated, so as to improve the mainland's water resources allocation capacity and flood storage and discharge capacity. The allocation of water resources in the Pearl River Delta has been realized. The implementation of a number of backbone water transmission and drainage channels of the national water network, such as the allocation of water resources around the Beibu Gulf and the second phase of the Huaihe River estuary, as well as the important node projects of the national water network, such as the Yaojiaping Reservoir in the Qingjiang River, the Linhai Reservoir in the Mudanjiang River, and the Fenghuangshan Reservoir in the Shuiyang River, have been accelerated. Since the beginning of this year, the construction of the national water network has been further accelerated, and 37 major projects have been started, including the Guxian Water Conservancy Hub of the Yellow River, the Changtang Reservoir of the Liujiang River, the treatment of the Tongling section of the Yangtze River, the treatment of the Ningxia section of the Yellow River, the improvement of the backbone river channel of the Haihe River, and the construction of flood storage and detention areas. The construction of these projects will strongly support the implementation of major national strategies and ensure the water supply and flood control safety of important economic zones, important urban agglomerations, energy bases, major grain producing areas and key ecological function areas in the mainland.
Third, the construction of water networks at the provincial, municipal and county levels should be promoted in a coordinated manner, and the formation of a national water network system that integrates urban and rural areas and is interconnected will be accelerated. The provincial-level water network construction plan has been approved and implemented, and the construction of major provincial-level water network projects such as the Jilin water network backbone project and the Chongqing-Yuxi water resources allocation project has been accelerated. At the same time, efforts are made to promote the coordinated development of municipal and county-level water networks, and at present, 83% of the city-level and 50% county-level water network construction plans have been completed, and the implementation of planning projects is being actively promoted.
Fourth, accelerate the development of new quality productivity of water conservancy, and vigorously promote the construction of digital twin water networks. The digital twin water network platform for the east and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has been basically completed, a number of digital twin systems for key water conservancy projects have been completed and put into use, and the digital twin irrigation area has been continuously promoted on a pilot basis.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the deployment of the Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan, further deepen the reform of the construction, operation and management mechanism of major water conservancy projects, accelerate the construction of the national water network, promote the high-quality development of water conservancy, and ensure the water security of the mainland. Thank you!
Q&A 2
China Central Radio and Television Station
Just now, Vice Minister Wang Baoen introduced that 37 major water conservancy projects, including the Guxian Water Conservancy Project on the Yellow River, have started this year. Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask the Secretary for All to answer this question.
Still the whole people
Thank you for your question, I'm here to answer that.
Since the beginning of this year, 37 major water conservancy projects have been started, covering flood control projects, water supply projects, irrigation area projects and ecological protection and restoration projects, distributed in 18 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government), with an investment scale of more than 220 billion yuan, which plays an important role in ensuring flood control safety, water supply safety, food security and ecological security. Specifically:
In terms of ensuring flood safety. After the completion of the Yellow River Guxian Water Conservancy Project, it can be used in conjunction with the Xiaolangdi Reservoir to further enhance the Yellow River's water and sediment control and water resources storage capacity, control the sediment sedimentation and the development of the Hanging River in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and improve the level of water resources security in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is of great and far-reaching significance for improving the water and sediment control system of the Yellow River and ensuring the long-term stability of the Yellow River. In addition, the construction of national flood storage and detention area projects such as Xiaoqing River, Dongdian River and Yongding River has begun, which will lay a solid foundation for speeding up the completion of the national flood storage and detention area projects and safety facilities, and comprehensively improving the capacity of the flood control engineering system in the river basin.
In terms of ensuring the security of water supply. After completion, water conservancy hubs or water diversion projects such as Shandong Taiping Reservoir, Guangxi Changtang Reservoir and Qinghai Reservoir Gorge Water Conservancy Hub Water Supply Supporting Project have been implemented one after another, and after completion, they will give full play to the benefits of water supply, realize the advantages of regional water resource allocation, alleviate the problem of regional water resource shortage, and promote high-quality economic and social development.
In terms of ensuring food security. This year, the construction of large-scale irrigation projects such as the Xiajiang Irrigation Area in Jiangxi, the Meishan Irrigation Area in Hunan, and the Guxian Reservoir Irrigation Area in Henan Province has been started, mainly concentrated in the main grain-producing areas in the central part of the mainland, and the irrigation area will be increased or improved by nearly 3 million mu after the completion of the project, which is of great significance for reducing losses from drought disasters, ensuring national food security, and promoting rural revitalization.
In terms of ensuring ecological security. The Beijing Chaobai River Comprehensive Treatment and Ecological Restoration Project (Tongzhou Section) will treat the 38-kilometer channel of the Chaobai River, and after the treatment is completed, the groundwater recharge and conservation of Miyun, Huairou and Shunyi can be carried out, so as to further enhance the groundwater reserve capacity, reshape the healthy and natural river and lake shoreline, and effectively improve the ecological function of the river.
In the next step, we will continue to intensify the construction of major water conservancy projects, give full play to the benefits of the projects as soon as possible, and make more contributions to flood and drought disaster prevention, water resource allocation, and water ecological protection. Thank you!
Q&A 3
Farmer's Daily
Food security is the "great power of the country", irrigation areas are the main force to ensure national food security, what work has the Ministry of Water Resources carried out in the construction of irrigation areas this year? Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask Deputy Director Xu Dezhi to answer this question.
Xu Dezhi
Thank you to the reporter of the Farmer's Daily for your question, which I will answer.
In recent years, extreme weather has occurred frequently, and the important role of irrigation areas in agricultural production has been further highlighted. Focusing on ensuring national food security, the Ministry of Water Resources has carried out the following work in the construction of irrigation areas this year:
The first is to continue to promote the construction of infrastructure in irrigation areas. This year, more than 1,300 large, medium and small irrigation area projects have been supported through channels such as the central budget, water conservancy development funds from the central government and the issuance of additional treasury bonds, with the scale of central financial support exceeding 100 billion yuan, providing a good opportunity for promoting the high-quality development of irrigation areas. Up to now, the central government has invested more than 60 billion yuan in the construction of irrigation areas throughout the year. With the end of autumn grain crop irrigation, the construction of irrigation areas is about to usher in a golden period of construction. The Ministry of Water Resources will strengthen scheduling, guide local governments to do a good job in the quality and progress of project implementation, simultaneously carry out the construction of metering facilities and digital twins, improve the water metering and monitoring system, and coordinate the construction of backbone projects and high-standard farmland in irrigation areas to ensure that the basic completion is achieved by the end of the year, and continue to consolidate the foundation of food security and water conservancy.
Second, it is necessary to effectively resist floods and droughts. This year, about 240 billion cubic meters of irrigation water has been supplied for spring and summer irrigation, providing solid water conservancy support for ensuring a bumper summer grain harvest. In particular, from the end of May to mid-to-late June, North China, Huanghuai, and Northwest China suffered from severe local drought, and large and medium-sized irrigation areas gave full play to their role as the main force in fighting drought, and more than 500 large and medium-sized irrigation areas in the drought-stricken areas struggled to ensure irrigation during the peak period, ensuring water for sowing and seedling emergence of more than 57 million mu of corn. In addition, at the end of July, Liaoning, Hunan and other places were affected by heavy rainfall, and floods occurred in some areas.
The third is to do a solid job in the reserve of irrigation and drainage projects. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has jointly issued the National Farmland Irrigation Development Plan. Adhere to the water to determine the land, strengthen the analysis of water and soil resources, focus on ensuring the national food security irrigation development needs, and a new round of 100 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement action, and gradually build permanent basic farmland into high-standard farmland and other plans, zoning and classification put forward the task of irrigation water source guarantee and irrigation area construction and transformation. Guide and urge local governments to systematically sort out construction needs according to planning, and establish a database of irrigation area construction and renovation projects. In view of the problem of flood drainage in key areas, focusing on the improvement of the drainage capacity of farmland, rural areas and townships, a number of flood control projects to improve the production and living conditions in flooded areas have been planned and reserved. Organize all localities to refine and deepen the preliminary work of the project to lay the foundation for the implementation of the "15th Five-Year Plan" project.
Fourth, we will continue to deepen the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices. Adhere to the principle of "building the mechanism first, then building the project", take the deepening of the comprehensive reform of agricultural water price as the traction, promote the construction of modern irrigation areas, and improve the agricultural water price policy system. Last year, the Ministry of Water Resources launched 21 pilot projects to deepen the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices and promote the construction of modern irrigation areas, adhering to the principle of "working with both hands" and implementing an investment of 9.6 billion yuan through multiple channels. This year, the second batch of 25 pilot projects was launched, and guidance was strengthened, and the establishment of a modern irrigation area construction, management and protection policy supply system was explored by zoning and classification. Thank you!
Q&A 4
China Water Conservancy News
In 2023, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council will issue an additional 1 trillion yuan of treasury bonds to support post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and improve disaster prevention, mitigation and relief capabilities, and water conservancy will be listed as a key support area. What is the progress of the implementation of the water conservancy project with additional treasury bonds in 2023? Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask Mr. Zhang Xiangwei to answer this question.
Zhang Xiangwei
Thank you for your question. As you just said, water conservancy is a key area of support for the issuance of an additional 1 trillion yuan of treasury bonds. In order to do a good job in the implementation of the policy measures for the issuance of additional treasury bonds, the Ministry of Water Resources has mobilized the forces of the whole system to pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities, project start-up, construction progress, supervision and management, and make every effort to promote the implementation of water conservancy projects with additional treasury bonds.
First of all, strengthen the whole chain management. The Ministry of Water Resources, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Finance have established a joint promotion mechanism to guide local governments to improve work measures in terms of responsibility implementation, construction implementation, project management, and other aspects. At the same time, for provinces and projects with slow progress, a working group will be dispatched to provide on-site guidance. The water conservancy departments of all provinces have established a special class for the promotion of water conservancy projects with additional treasury bonds, guided and supervised the implementation of projects in cities and counties throughout the process, and compacted work responsibilities to the end.
Second, strengthen classification guidance. There are many types of water conservancy projects arranged for the issuance of additional treasury bonds, so we implement classification guidance. For major water conservancy projects such as the management of large rivers arranged by the issuance of additional treasury bonds, the construction of large reservoirs, and flood storage and detention areas, guide local governments to establish a "work list" for feasibility study review and approval, pre-requisite handling, and completion time limit, and actively promote project construction. For small and medium-sized projects such as small and medium-sized river management, construction of small and medium-sized irrigation areas, risk removal and reinforcement of sick and dangerous reservoirs, soil and water conservation, and mountain flood ditch treatment, work plans are formulated according to the characteristics of the projects, and the work requirements are refined.
Third, timely scheduling of consultations. The Ministry of Water Resources, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, has set up a special information system for the progress of the construction of water conservancy projects with additional treasury bonds, tracking the project approval, the availability of funds, the start of the project, and the completion of investment week by week, and urging and reminding the provinces that are lagging behind in the progress of "one province and one order"; For common problems, promptly carry out scheduling consultations, and guide and urge local governments to correct deviations and rectify them as soon as possible.
Through the above measures, we will speed up the progress of project construction, the implementation of investment plans, and the payment of funds, so as to form as much physical workload as possible, and promote the project to be completed as soon as possible and give full play to its benefits. As of the end of August, more than 7,800 water conservancy construction projects arranged by the issuance of additional treasury bonds had completed an investment of 303.77 billion yuan, of which 74.77 billion yuan had been completed in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, which was severely affected by the disaster last year, accounting for 24.6 percent of the completed investment in water conservancy through the issuance of additional treasury bonds. In addition, the three provinces of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan have completed an investment of more than 15 billion yuan.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will continue to strengthen tracking and guidance, urge local governments to strictly control the safety, quality and progress of project construction, and build various projects into popular projects, high-quality projects and clean projects. Thank you!
Q&A 5
Cover News
Rural drinking water security is an important symbol of consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation and promoting rural revitalization. What measures has the Ministry of Water Resources taken to accelerate the construction of rural water supply projects, and what progress has been made? Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask Deputy Director Xu Dezhi to answer this question.
Xu Dezhi
Thank you for the cover news reporter's question, I will answer this question.
In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on ensuring the safety of drinking water in rural areas, the Ministry of Water Resources has fully implemented the "3+1" standardized construction and management model of rural water supply. As of the end of August, 93 billion yuan had been invested in the construction of rural water supply projects, and 17,700 rural water supply projects had been started, improving the level of water supply guarantee for 38.46 million rural people.
The first is to give priority to promoting the integration of urban and rural water supply and the large-scale centralized water supply. Guide all localities to seize the opportunity of the construction of the national water network, give priority to the integration of urban and rural water supply in urban and suburban areas, vigorously promote the scale of centralized water supply, and promote the extension of urban infrastructure and public services to rural areas. Compared with last year, the number of large-scale projects in the country has increased by more than 1,300. The Technical Specifications for Water Supply Projects in Villages and Towns were issued to provide standard support for the planning, design, construction and acceptance, operation and management of rural water supply projects. For the first time, the central government issued 3 billion yuan in water conservancy development funds to support the construction of small-scale water diversion projects in 60 counties, and improve the scale of rural water supply in counties.
The second is to standardize small-scale water supply projects according to local conditions. For small-scale water supply projects that cannot be included in the integration and scale, we should promote standardized construction and transformation according to local conditions, unify construction and management standards, and achieve water supply up to standard. The Technical Regulations for the Standardization and Improvement of Small Rural Water Supply Projects were issued to provide technical standards for the construction, renovation and management of small rural water supply projects.
The third is to comprehensively implement the unified management of rural water supply at the county level. Guide all localities to follow the general idea of "government supervision, enterprise operation, professional management, and socialized services", optimize specialized institutions, scientifically determine the county-level unified management model according to factors such as the distribution of towns and villages, government financial resources, population size, and project layout, and optimize specialized institutions, with the goal of meeting water quality and quantity standards and providing management services to households, to establish a professional management and protection platform, so as to achieve full coverage of professional management and protection, and not leave one household and one person.
Fourth, it is necessary to consolidate the achievements of the rural water supply projects that have been built. By the end of August, 5.147 billion yuan had been spent on maintenance and 59,300 maintenance projects, benefiting 125 million rural people. We have guided local governments to scientifically respond to severe summer droughts in North China, Huanghuai and other places this year and heavy rainfall disasters in Hunan, Liaoning and other places, strengthened dynamic monitoring and scheduling, and effectively guaranteed the safety of drinking water for rural people in disaster areas. Thank you!
Q&A 6
People's Daily Online
What important role has water conservancy infrastructure played in flood control, drought control and disaster reduction, minimizing disaster losses, and can you give an example of how these projects have been dispatched and used this year? Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask Director Yao Wenguang to answer this question.
Yao Wenguang
Thank you for your question. It should be said that this year's flood and drought disaster prevention situation is grim and complicated. Since the beginning of the flood season, floods have occurred in the north and south of the mainland, and numbered floods have occurred one after another in the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Huai River, the Pearl River, the Songhua River, the Taihu Lake, and other major rivers and lakes, surpassing the record since statistics began in 1998. Six typhoons made landfall on the mainland, among which the super typhoons "Gemei" and "Capricorn" had a wide impact and suffered heavy losses. Southwest China, North China, Huanghuai and other places have experienced periodic droughts. The Ministry of Water Resources resolutely implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on flood prevention and drought relief, makes full use of the digital twin water conservancy system, strengthens the "four precautions" measures of forecasting and early warning and rehearsal plans, and scientifically and meticulously dispatches major water conservancy projects, giving full play to the role of disaster prevention and mitigation and minimizing disaster losses. Next, I will answer the reporter's question with specific examples.
In terms of flood prevention and disaster reduction: As of September 20, 2024, 6,441 large and medium-sized reservoirs have been dispatched to impound and store a total of 142.559 billion cubic meters of floodwater, and preliminary statistics have shown that 2,178 cities and towns have been flooded, 16,293,300 mu of cultivated land have been reduced, and 10,774,200 people have been prevented from being transferred. In the Yangtze River Basin, in response to the three numbered floods of the Yangtze River, the reservoir group in the upper and middle reaches of the Yangtze River with the Three Gorges Reservoir as the core was dispatched to hold back a total of 25.3 billion cubic meters, of which 12.68 billion cubic meters were blocked by the Three Gorges Reservoir, effectively reducing the water level of the middle and lower reaches of the main stream by 0.7~3.1 meters, giving full play to the role of flood prevention and disaster reduction of "a big country". In the Yellow River Basin, in view of the largest flood since 1994 and the high sediment content of the Beiluo River, the water and sediment control mode was launched in time, and the Sanmenxia and Xiaolangdi reservoirs were dispatched to discharge 123 million tons and 146 million tons of sediment respectively, which not only ensured the safety of flood control, but also effectively reduced the sediment accumulation in the reservoirs. In the Huaihe River Basin, we have given full play to the role of the flood control project system of the Yishu River system in diverting floods from the east to the south, finely dispatched the Liujiadaokou hub and the Daguanzhuang hub to divert 8.8 billion cubic meters of eastward flood into the sea, scientifically dispatched the Nansi Lake flood control and Zhangshan Gate control, and successfully prevented the four numbered floods of the Yihe River and the Shuhe River. In the Pearl River Basin, in response to the catastrophic flood of the Hanjiang River, the Tingjiang Cotton Beach Reservoir was dispatched to reduce the maximum inflow flood peak from 9,860 cubic meters per second to 5,000 cubic meters per second. The Changtan Reservoir of the Meijiang River will be dispatched to avoid the bad flood peaks of the Meijiang River and Tingjiang River, and the peak flood water level of the Sanheba Station in Meizhou will be reduced by 3.0 meters. In the Songliao River Basin, the Fengman and Baishan reservoirs have been jointly dispatched to impound and store a total of 4.12 billion cubic meters of floodwater, reducing the maximum inflow of Fengman Reservoir from 11,300 cubic meters per second to 4,000 cubic meters per second, and effectively reducing the water level of the downstream Songhuajiang Station to Fuyu Station by 1.37~2.18 meters. The Erlongshan Reservoir of the Dongliao River was finely dispatched, and the maximum inflow rate of 2,058 cubic meters per second was reduced to 370 cubic meters per second, which effectively reduced the flood control pressure in the lower reaches of the Dongliao River. From 8 p.m. on August 20 to 9 a.m. on August 23, the Chaersen Reservoir of Taoer River was dispatched to maintain a zero discharge for 61 hours, avoiding the flooding of 310,000 mu of cultivated land downstream and the transfer of 11,000 people.
In terms of drought resistance and disaster reduction: In response to the winter and spring drought in southwest China, the Ministry of Water Resources, together with Yunnan Province, gradually reduced the discharge volume of Deze Reservoir in the Niulan River basin according to the development of drought conditions, and reserved enough water to resist drought, urgently implemented the upgrading and renovation project of the water intake of the Deze Reservoir Dry River Pumping Station, and did a good job in the water supply scheduling of Kunming's urban emergency water supply and the Niulan River-Dianchi Lake water replenishment project, so as to ensure the ecological security of Kunming's urban water supply and Dianchi Lake. In response to the summer drought in North China, the Huanghuai River and other places, we organized the control reservoirs in the Yellow River, Huaihe River, and Haihe River basins, and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project to fully enter the drought-fighting dispatch mode. Dispatch the discharge rate of the Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River from 700 cubic meters per second to 4,400 cubic meters per second, and divert a total of 2.47 billion cubic meters of water from June to mid-July; dispatch the Yuecheng Reservoir in the Haihe River Basin to provide 93 million cubic meters of irrigation water to the relevant irrigation areas in Hebei and Henan downstream; dispatch the South-to-North Water Diversion Project to the East Central Route to fully support the drought-fighting and water supply supply in the areas along the route, with a total of about 1.33 billion cubic meters of water diversion for drought fighting; and dispatch the Bengbu Gate of the Huaihe River, the diversion of water from the Huai River to the Huai River, and the northward diversion of water from the Yangtze River. It provides a strong water source guarantee for irrigation.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will closely monitor the development trend of subsequent typhoons and autumn floods, implement various defense measures, give full play to the role of water conservancy projects in flood prevention, drought control and disaster reduction, and ensure the safety of people's lives and property. Thank you!
Q&A 7
The Paper
As mentioned earlier, there are many water conservancy projects under construction and large investments, what measures has the Ministry of Water Resources taken to ensure the quality of the projects while speeding up the progress of the projects? Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I would like to ask the Secretary for All to answer this question.
Still the whole people
Thank you for your question, I will answer this question.
Centennial plan, quality first. The Ministry of Water Resources conscientiously implements the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the construction of a quality power, anchors the high-quality development goals in the process of promoting project construction, and continuously strengthens the quality management of water conservancy projects. Specifically, it is manifested in four aspects:
First of all, improve the quality management responsibility system. Thoroughly implement the "Outline for the Construction of a Quality Power", strictly implement the lifelong responsibility system for the quality of project construction, supervise and guide water conservancy departments at all levels to firmly establish the concept of construction and development of the whole life cycle of water conservancy projects, improve the responsibility system, improve the quality of water conservancy projects, promote the modernization of project quality management, and promote the comprehensive application of digital twin technologies such as BIM technology, intelligent construction, intelligent monitoring, and intelligent perception in the field of water conservancy project construction, create a quality and cultural atmosphere, and comprehensively improve the quality and efficiency of water conservancy projects.
Secondly, improve the quality management system. On the basis of the introduction of the "Regulations on the Quality Management of Water Conservancy Projects", "Regulations on the Management of Water Conservancy Project Cost" and "Measures for the Management of the Governance and Construction of Small and Medium-sized Rivers", the quality management system has been continuously improved in view of the new situation and new requirements. For example, the "Interim Provisions on the Handling of Quality Accidents of Water Conservancy Projects" was revised to strengthen and standardize the handling of quality accidents of water conservancy projects; Revise the "Regulations on the Supervision of Water Conservancy Project Construction" to further clarify the main responsibility of water conservancy project construction supervision, standardize construction supervision activities, and guide the healthy development of the supervision industry. In recent years, through strengthening quality management training, the relevant quality management system has been further publicized and implemented, and the construction and management level of water administrative departments has been improved.
The third is to speed up the construction of the quality standard system. In accordance with the requirements of the development of new quality productivity, comprehensively review and evaluate the technical standards for quality management of water conservancy projects, do a good job of checking and filling gaps, formulate a plan for formulating (revising) quality management standards, and strive to fill the gaps in standards and accelerate iterative updates. This year, we will mainly promote the formulation (revision) of a number of technical standards such as the "Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Unit Construction Quality Acceptance and Evaluation Standards" and the "Water Conservancy and Hydropower Project Quality Evaluation Regulations".
Fourth, carry out quality improvement actions. In 2022, the Ministry of Water Resources organized a three-year action to improve the construction quality of water conservancy projects. This year is the year of the implementation of the three-year action, we have studied and formulated the annual water conservancy project construction quality improvement work plan, focusing on the improvement of the quality of major water conservancy projects, to carry out special rectification of general problems in the quality of water conservancy project construction, strengthen the whole process of project construction cycle management, and effectively improve the supervision efficiency of the water administrative departments and the management level of the participating units.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will conscientiously implement the requirements put forward by the Third Plenary Session of the 20 th CPC Central Committee on improving the construction, operation, and management mechanisms of major water conservancy projects, further strengthen the building of systems and mechanisms, pay close attention to the quality of water conservancy projects, and strive to build high-quality projects. Thank you!
Q&A 8
People's Daily
On August 30, the executive meeting of the State Council deliberated and approved the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Improvement of the Flood Control System in the Haihe River Basin". Thank you!
Wang Baoen
I'll answer that question. Last year, the Haihe River was hit by the "23·7" basin flood, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region was seriously affected. When General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the post-disaster recovery and reconstruction work in Beijing and Hebei, he stressed that after the major floods, it is necessary to build and manage the disaster in a big way, and greatly improve the level of water conservancy facilities and flood control facilities. In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Ministry of Water Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission organized the preparation of the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Improvement of the Flood Control System in the Haihe River Basin", which was deliberated and approved by the executive meeting of the State Council on August 30.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and relevant localities, will follow the flood control policy of "upper storage, middle dredging, lower drainage, and effective flood control", comprehensively consider river basin floods, regional floods, standard floods and over-standard flood prevention, and combine engineering and non-engineering measures to systematically promote the construction of the flood control system in the Haihe River Basin and improve the flood control capacity of the basin as a whole.
The first is to speed up the improvement of the flood control engineering system in the river basin. With the Yongding River, Beisan River, Daqing River, Ziya River, Zhangwei River and other eight major river systems as units, the scientific layout of reservoirs, rivers, embankments, flood storage and detention areas and other functional construction, vigorously promote the construction of mountain flood control projects, river improvement and embankment standards, flood storage and detention areas, flood diversion projects, flood drainage pumping stations and other projects. Relying on the flood control system of river basins, improve the flood prevention measures of "rejecting, bypassing, and draining" important cities and key defense objects, extrapolating the line of defense, far rejecting floods, bypassing key protection objects, and unblocking flood drainage channels.
The second is to speed up the improvement of the rainwater monitoring and forecasting system. Accelerate the construction of meteorological satellites, precipitation radars, rainfall stations, and hydrological stations to monitor and forecast rainwater conditions, accelerate the development and application of rainfall forecasting models, production and confluence hydrological models, and flood evolution hydrodynamic models, so as to achieve the effective unity of extending the flood prediction period and improving the accuracy of flood forecasting. Construct a digital twin water conservancy system, enhance the "four predictions" function of rainstorm and flood forecasting and early warning rehearsal plans, and improve the digitalization, networking, and intelligence level of the flood control system.
The third is to speed up the improvement of the flood disaster prevention system. We should pay close attention to the construction of a smallest, comprehensive, strict and effective responsibility implementation system, a scientific and professional, strong support, and rapid response decision-making support system, and a dispatching and command system with unified authority, efficient operation, and hierarchical responsibility. At the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the unified governance and management of the river basin, improve the relevant laws and regulations for the management of flood storage and detention areas, strengthen the management and control of flood storage space, and implement the management responsibilities of flood storage and detention areas. Strengthen the management of flood risk by region and level, and improve the response plan for floods exceeding the standard; Give full play to the long-term role of rivers and lakes, increase the investigation and punishment of violations of laws and regulations such as encroachment on the storage capacity of rivers and lakes and reservoirs, and obstruction of river flooding, and comprehensively improve the governance and management capacity of river basins.
That's all I have to say, thank you!
Diao Lili
Thanks to Vice Minister Wang Baoen and several other publishers, and thank you to all journalists, this is all for today's press conference. Good bye.