Home>News Center>China
       
 

Beijing may get Yangtze water by 2010
By Liang Chao (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-16 22:37

By 2010, Beijing residents may start getting their water from the Yangtze River.

Beijing may get Yangtze water by 2010
A section of Yangtze River. [newsphoto/file]

China's largest water diversion project may start supplying water to Shandong Province by 2007 and Beijing by 2010, an official confirmed Tuesday.

The worsening water shortage in the two areas, caused by decades of drought, may be alleviated with water from the mighty Yangtze River in the South which will be diverted into the parched North, he said.

The water diversion project consists of three 1,300-kilometre canals that will carry water from the Yangtze along the eastern, middle and western parts of the country.

Zhang Jiyao, director of the State Council's office in charge of the South-to-North Project, told a national conference that ground will be broken in more places along two of the lines of the ambitious water diversion scheme, the largest of its kind in the world.

Before next year's flood season, construction of four new sections along the two lines will push the project further along the fast track.

That would bring the total sections under construction to 13, since construction started in 2002 with an estimated investment of 124 billion yuan (about US$15 billion).

When finished, the two water diversion canals will be capable of transferring 13.4 billion cubic metres of water a year.

Zhang urged local governments to control water pollution along the eastern line and protect water resources along the middle line, two formidable issues that may endanger the massive project.

"Water security on the eastern line, plagued by many chronic sources of contamination, is vital to the diversion project," Zhang said, calling for a "clean water corridor"."

Local governments are required to ensure the water in their section meets minimum drinking standards by 2007.

China has launched 260 projects to curb water pollution along the eastern line of the water-diversion scheme.

Hundreds and possibly thousands of polluting enterprises along the eastern line will be forced to close if they fail to meet standards within five years, environmental experts said.

Another problem is cost. To date the project is in the red.

Zhang said actual costs of the first phase along the two lines have been exceed estimates and hit 21.7 billion yuan (US$2.6 billion) over budget so far.

In this year alone, the central government earmarked 10.2 billion yuan (US$1.2 billion) for construction and raised the rest through bank loans.

To find a stable source of funds, Zhang said next year, the "central government will begin to raise a special funds."

Under the existing investment policy set for the project, the central government will pay 30 per cent for the total cost with 40 per cent of the money to be provided through bank loans.

The remaining 25 per cent will come from provinces that will benefit.

Local governments will have to raise the money using public revenues, water fees or surcharges.

To regulate the funds-raising and its management, planning authorities will draft special rules to set ceiling for funds-raising and reasonable pricing of water supply for the target areas along the two canals.

When completed, up to 44.8 billion cubic meters of water will be diverted through the three channels annually. That's about the same volume of water that flows every year through the Yellow River, China's second longest.

The middle line will take water from the Danjiangkou Reservoir in Central China's Hubei Province into large cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province and Zhengzhou in Henan Province.

The eastern line is designed to transfer water from East China's Jiangsu Province along the Yangtze River into Tianjin while work on the western line continues.

To be built in three phases section by section, the three canals will link the country's four major rivers: the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Huaihe River and Haihe River.

#



Fire kills 5 in Northeast China
Aerobatics show in Hunan
Final rehearsal
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

 

   
 

Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

 

   
 

Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

 

   
 

Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

 

   
 

Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

 

   
 

China considers trade contracts in India

 

   
  EU likely to impose tax on imports of Chinese shoes
   
  Bankers confident about future growth
   
  Curtain to be raised on Year of Russia
   
  Coal output set to reach record high of 2.5b tons
   
  WTO: China should reconsider currency plan
   
  China: Military buildup 'transparent'
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Yangtze River flood crest enters central China's Hubei Province
   
Water levels of Huaihe, Yangtze rivers remain above warning lines
   
Jiangsu launches strategic campaign to boost development along Yangtze River
   
Delta integration revving up
   
Locals to halt vicious rivalry
   
Yangtze River Delta development
   
Old boats sunk by new navigation rule
   
Chinese sturgeon caught for research
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 麻豆AV一区二区三区久久| 久久中文字幕视频| 狠狠色噜噜狠狠狠| 国产va免费精品高清在线观看| 亚洲h在线观看| 国模沟沟冒白浆视频福利| 一级做a爰片性色毛片新版的| 日本伊人精品一区二区三区| 亚洲专区中文字幕| 毛片免费观看网址| 免费人妻精品一区二区三区| 羞羞视频在线观看网站| 国产卡一卡二卡3卡4卡无卡视频| free性欧美另类高清| 国产高清一级毛片在线人| a级毛片在线观看| 少妇丰满大乳被男人揉捏视频| 中文字幕第一页国产| 日本高清免费看| 亚州av综合色区无码一区| 欧美成人中文字幕dvd| 亚洲精品成a人在线观看| 疯狂做受xxxx高潮欧美日本| 双手扶在浴缸边迎合着h| 色狠狠久久av五月综合| 国产免费女女脚奴视频网| 黑人巨茎大战欧美白妇| 国产疯狂露脸对白| 奇米影视亚洲春色| 国产精品蜜芽在线观看| 91高端极品外围在线观看| 大伊香蕉在线观看视频wap| t66y最新地址一地址二地址三 | 婷婷人人爽人人爽人人片| 中文字字幕在线| 故意打开双腿让翁公看| 久久久久亚洲av片无码| 日本高清成本人视频一区| 久久国产精品免费一区| 日韩国产成人精品视频| 久久综合精品国产二区无码|