A few days ago, the Ministry of Water Resources issued 19 specific measures to speed up the construction of water conservancy projects. According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources, the 19 specific work measures involve expanding financing channels for water conservancy construction, fully promoting 55 major water conservancy projects, speeding up the construction and renovation of irrigation areas, and speeding up the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs.

In terms of expanding financing channels for water conservancy construction, before the end of May 2022, the Ministry of Water Resources has strengthened policy support for water conservancy construction investment and financing from bank loans, trust funds, and social capital.

In 2022, 12 of the 55 major water conservancy projects deployed and promoted by the state have been started, and 6 more will be started before the end of June.

Qiao Jianhua, Deputy Director of the Planning and Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources: Including the project of diverting the river from the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the Baohui River Remediation Project in Anhui Province, the Wuhu Section Renovation Project of the Yangtze River, the Fujian Minjiang Main Stream Flood Control and Improvement Project, the Hunan Daxingzhai Reservoir Project, and the Yellow River It is estimated that the total number of construction projects will reach 18 in the first half of the year.

In terms of accelerating the construction and renovation of irrigation areas, in 2022, the State Council will focus on the promotion of 6 new large-scale irrigation area projects. At present, two irrigation area projects in Jiangxi Dayao and Guangxi Datangxia have started construction. The irrigation area, Longyun irrigation area in Guangxi, and Huaihong Xinhe irrigation area in Anhui will also ensure that they can start early and start all construction within the year. In 2022, the central government issued an investment of 6.7 billion yuan for the renovation of 76 large-scale irrigation areas. As of the end of May, 58 sites had approved preliminary designs. All localities have allocated 7 billion yuan of central water conservancy development funds, and carried out water-saving renovations in 405 medium-sized irrigation areas. By the end of May, the central investment of 2.732 billion yuan had been completed, and the completion progress was 39%. Keywords: infrastructure, infrastructure construction, domestic engineering news, planning and investment

In terms of the reinforcement of dangerous reservoirs, the Ministry of Water Resources will accelerate the safety appraisal of reservoirs that have reached the safety appraisal period to ensure that the annual planned tasks are completed on schedule. Editor / Xu Shengpeng