Recently, the three provinces and one city of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui in the Yangtze River Delta held a groundbreaking ceremony to jointly start the construction of 9 major projects in the field of comprehensive treatment of Taihu Lake and the water environment. Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Li Qiang announced the start of the project. Lou Qinjian, Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee delivered a speech, Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Li Jinbin, Secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Zheng Zhajie, Deputy Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Wang Qingxian, deputy secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and Governor, and relevant persons in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission attended the meeting. Wu Zhenglong, deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Governor of Jiangsu Province, presided over the meeting.

Lou Qinjian pointed out that Taihu Lake is a shining pearl in the Yangtze River Delta. In recent years, the three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta have coordinated ecological dredging and comprehensive treatment of the water environment in the Taihu Lake to jointly promote the continuous improvement of water quality and ecological improvement in the Taihu Lake Basin, fully demonstrating the institutional advantages of integrated development. A batch of major Taihu Lake and water environment management projects launched this time will further promote the restoration and upgrading of the Taihu Lake Basin ecosystem and inject vitality into the higher-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

Lou Qinjian pointed out that the three provinces and one city should closely support the implementation of the national strategy, support Shanghai to play a leading role, and strengthen the requirements for efficient coordination, adhere to the construction of major projects to create more tangible results, and work together to create a long-term development. The triangular world-class city cluster will jointly promote the deepening and solidification of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, and make greater contributions and provide stronger support to the overall development of the country.

The project started that day focused on the comprehensive treatment of Taihu Lake, with a total investment of 13.442 billion yuan. Shanghai is the Yuandang dike compliance and shoreline ecological restoration project, the Dianshan Lake dike compliance and shoreline ecological restoration project, Jiangsu started the Taihu Lake dredging and solidification wet zone project, the Taipu River co-protection and joint governance Jiangsu pilot project, Yixing Taihu Lake The project of returning to the lake from the mountain polder, Zhejiang started the "Shuiyun Lake City" Taihu Lake River Yangshui Ecosystem Project, the Yangtze River Delta Ecological Green Integration Development Demonstration Zone Jiashan Area Xiangfudang Environmental Protection Improvement Project, Anhui started construction It is a comprehensive treatment project of the water environment of the Chuhe River Basin (Chahe River in Lai'an County) and the fifth-phase project of ecological protection and restoration around Chaohu Lake. Editor/Xu Shengpeng