On September 13, 2022, Li Guoying, Minister of Water Resources, introduced that the reform of key areas such as market-based trading of water rights has been accelerated, and major breakthroughs have been made in the reform of water conservancy investment and financing. historical record. He revealed that the next step will be to accelerate the construction of the main skeleton and arteries of the national water network, focusing on the east, middle and west lines of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and scientifically advance the planning and construction of a number of major cross-basin and cross-regional water diversion projects.

Zhang Xiangwei said: "In the past ten years, 54 cross-basin and cross-regional water diversion projects have been constructed, including the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in the Middle East, the diversion of the Yangtze River to the Huaihe River, the diversion of the Han to the Weihe River, and the Pearl River Delta water resources allocation, with a designed annual water diversion of 64.79 billion. cubic meters, China's overall water resources allocation capacity has been significantly improved. Large-scale water conservancy infrastructure construction has played an important role in stabilizing growth and employment, and promoting high-quality economic and social development."Editor/Ma Xue