Yang Ziyan, a reporter from the ● newspaper
Chen Min, vice minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, introduced at a press conference on the progress and results of water conservancy infrastructure construction in the first quarter on April 22 that water conservancy projects were implemented nationwide in the first quarter.Baccaratforwomen.350,000, the scale under construction 4BaccaratforwomenInvestment in water conservancy construction totaled 778.7 billion yuan, an increase of 93.3 percent over the same period last year. In the first quarter, the Ministry of Water Resources accelerated the construction of water conservancy infrastructure, implemented more projects than in the same period last year, completed a record investment in the same period, got off to a good start, and made positive contributions to the sustained improvement of the economy.
Make every effort to promote the implementation of the project
Chen Min said that in the first quarter, 23500 water conservancy projects were implemented nationwide, with a scale of 4.7 trillion yuan under construction, an increase of 15.8% and 12.3% respectively over the same period last year. Of these, 9683 new water conservancy projects were started, with an investment of 473.3 billion yuan, an increase of 33.8% and 47.6% respectively over the same period last year, especially with a total investment of more than 100 million yuan.Baccaratforwomen687 new water conservancy projects were started, an increase of 94.6 percent over the same period last year. Among the new water conservancy projects started this year, 13 are major water conservancy projects, including nine river basin flood control projects and four water resources allocation projects, including the regulation of the Tongling section of the Yangtze River, the Leping Water Control Project in Jiangxi Province, the regulation of the Ningxia section of the Yellow River, and the comprehensive upgrading of the third section of the Yongding River in Beijing.
A number of major national water network projects, such as the allocation of water resources in the Pearl River Delta, the replenishment of the Han River from the middle route of the South-to-North Water transfer Project, the second phase of the Huaihe River waterway, the allocation of water resources around the Beibu Gulf, and the regulation of the Wusong River in Taihu Lake, have been accelerated. We will plan ahead and focus on promoting major water conservancy projects in the early stage in 2024, and guide local governments to promote the opening of more projects as soon as possible. The implementation of a large number of projects lays the foundation for maintaining the scale and progress of the construction of water conservancy infrastructure system.
In the first quarter, the Ministry of Water Resources invested 778.7 billion yuan in water conservancy construction, an increase of 93.3% over the same period last year.BaccaratforwomenInvestment in completed water conservancy construction totaled 193.3 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4 percent over the same period last year, the highest in history. Among them, six provinces, including Guangdong, Hebei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Sichuan and Shandong, have invested more than 10 billion yuan, effectively playing a role in stimulating the economy. At present, 4753 additional treasury bonds water conservancy projects have been implemented, with an investment of 76.75 billion yuan, and the overall progress is smooth.
Chen Min said that last year, the state issued an additional 1 trillion yuan of treasury bonds to support post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and enhance the capacity of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief, with water conservancy as a key support area. Funds for the issuance of additional treasury bonds have been issued in three batches, of which there are more than 7800 projects in four major categories in the field of water conservancy.
Expand the scale of water conservancy investment
Chen Min said that this year, there is a great demand for investment in water conservancy construction. The Ministry of Water Resources adheres to the "dual efforts" of the government and the market, actively expands the scale of water conservancy investment, pays close attention to the implementation of financial funds and local government special bonds, strives for more financial support, attracts social capital to participate in water conservancy construction and operation, and promotes the pilot project of Water Conservancy Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund (REITs). To build a diversified, multi-level and multi-channel water conservancy investment and financing system. The Ministry of Water Resources will also further promote the reform of water conservancy investment and financing, coordinate the reform of water prices, market-oriented trading of water rights, and the management system of water conservancy projects, broaden the channels of long-term financing for water conservancy construction, and ensure the demand for funds for large-scale water conservancy construction.
Chen Min said that a large number of water conservancy projects have started and have a strong ability to absorb employment, and large-scale water conservancy construction has directly provided a large number of jobs. In the first quarter, the construction of water conservancy projects absorbed 730000 jobs, an increase of 3.8 percent over the same period last year, of which the rural labor force was 577000, an increase of 13.2 percent over the same period last year.
In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will speed up the construction of water conservancy infrastructure, ensure the completion of the target for the whole year, and make new contributions to water conservancy to consolidate and strengthen the economic recovery and promote the economy to achieve effective improvement in quality and reasonable growth in quantity.
(responsible Editor: Wang Wanying)