The Information Office of the State Council held a press conference this afternoon on the theme of “Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan” series. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Water Resources presented the situation relating to speeding up the construction of a modern water network. From January to September of this year, 41,400 water conservancy projects of various types were implemented nationwide, and 795 billion yuan was invested in water conservancy construction. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China will speed up the construction of a watershed flood prevention and mitigation system. Strive to add 15 billion cubic meters of reservoir capacity by the end of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, and the compliance rate of important embankments will reach 91%.

The Information Office of the State Council held a press conference this afternoon on the theme of “Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan” series. Relevant officials from the Ministry of Water Resources presented the situation relating to speeding up the construction of a modern water network. From January to September of this year, 41,400 water conservancy projects of various types were implemented nationwide, and 795 billion yuan was invested in water conservancy construction. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China will speed up the construction of a watershed flood prevention and mitigation system. Strive to add 15 billion cubic meters of reservoir capacity by the end of the “15th Five-Year Plan”, and the compliance rate of important embankments will reach 91%.