Chapter 892 South-to-North Water Diversion Project

Chapter 892 South-to-North Water Diversion Project

At present, China's financial system has four lines of defense to prevent financial crises.

The first line of defense is to maintain the basic balance of the current account.

The second line of defense is to continue to attract foreign direct investment, especially in the infrastructure sector.

The third line of defense is to maintain international reserves at a relatively high and safe level. The foreign exchange reserves are maintained at about 5 billion US dollars. In addition to some major European currencies, the foreign exchange reserves are maintained at about 7 billion US dollars, and the rest are gold reserves.

The fourth line of defense is to control the capital account and gradually open up the capital market to the outside world.

If any of the four lines of defense is breached, it will be a dangerous signal.

Every year, a large amount of foreign trade profits will be continuously imported from North America, Latin America, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa. A large amount of food, ore, timber, etc. are converted into commodities and fixed investment, and converted into fixed assets.

Railways, highways, roads, water conservancy engineering facilities, nuclear power plants, parks, affordable housing, etc. have been continuously built in recent years. In addition to the investment of Panshan Group, a large part of them come from national investment.

When the Spring Festival was approaching, Liu Tao returned to Beijing three days earlier than usual.

He went to Beijing to attend an important meeting and celebrate the New Year.

He arrived in Beijing at night and took his wife and children home. The next morning, Liu Tao rushed to the venue.

Compared with 10 years ago, motorcycles and cars can be seen everywhere on the streets of Beijing. At present, the number of motor vehicles in Beijing has reached 1.7 million.

This is also a microcosm of China at present, that is, the number of motor vehicles has increased significantly.

In 1978, there were 1.3584 million civilian cars in China, including 259,000 passenger cars, 1.0017 million trucks, and 97,700 other vehicles.

Now, according to the statistics released by the statistics department, the number of civilian cars in China has reached 20.5317 million, including 14.4 million private cars.

Beijing has begun to see the phenomenon of heavy traffic.

In recent years, Beijing has also been constantly repairing roads, subways, and improving the urban public transportation system, so that there is no serious traffic jam in Beijing now.

When Liu Tao arrived at the conference room, he saw that there were already many people in the conference room. Basically, everyone was there.

After about five minutes, the meeting was officially held.

The leaders presided over the meeting, and the Ministry of Water Resources took the lead in reporting.

This meeting was about the Ministry of Water Resources' application for the "South-to-North Water Diversion" project.

The "South-to-North Water Diversion" project has been explored since the 1950s and 1960s.

In 1958, the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Water Resources and other relevant departments and units formed the South-to-North Water Diversion Research Group. Based on a comprehensive investigation and survey, they proposed 10 water diversion routes from the upper, middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. One of them is the Grand Canal water diversion line from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, that is, to divert water from the Huaihe River into the river and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in sections, through Gaobao Lake, Hongze Lake, and the South Four Lakes, and into the Yellow River at Dongping Lake, and irrigate the farmland along the line in stages.

In 1959, there was a severe drought in the Huaihe River Basin, and Jiangsu Province proposed to build a river diversion irrigation project in northern Jiangsu. With the approval of the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, Jiangsu Province began to build the Jiangdu Pumping Station in 1961. With the support of the state, after more than 30 years of construction, a comprehensive system of the Yangtze River Water Diversion Project for water diversion, irrigation, drainage, and shipping was initially established.

During this exploratory stage, through land surveys, a comprehensive investigation of water transmission routes available for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was conducted; the construction of the Yangtze River Water Diversion Project in Jiangsu Province laid the foundation for the East Line Project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and was also a beneficial attempt at the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

As for planning, in 1972, a severe drought occurred in North China. In order to solve the water resource crisis in the Haihe River Basin, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power established the South-to-North Water Diversion Planning Group to carry out the South-to-North Water Diversion Planning Work. In 1974, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power submitted the "South-to-North Water Diversion Short-term Planning Task Book" to the State Planning Commission, proposing that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in the near future was the East Line Water Diversion Plan. In 1976, the "South-to-North Water Diversion Short-term Project Planning Report" was proposed and submitted in 1977.

The plan focuses on agricultural water supply, improves and develops 64 million mu of irrigation area, supplies 2.7 billion cubic meters of water to cities, and makes the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal a major artery of north-south water transportation. It plans to pump 1,000 cubic meters per second from the Yangtze River near Yangzhou, 600 cubic meters per second across the Yellow River, and 100 cubic meters per second to Tianjin.

In 1978, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power took the lead in convening a preliminary review meeting on the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. The meeting agreed to the East Line Water Diversion Plan, the water transmission line and pumping cascade plan proposed in the plan, and determined that the in-situ mountain would cross the Yellow River, and required the irrigation area plan to be supplemented in the revised plan.

After years of continuous preliminary preparations, the country has money, and the "South-to-North Water Diversion Project" has completed all planning and design, and the conditions for the project to start are ripe.

With the development of society, the water shortage in the north has become more prominent, and the country is also interested in this regard.

The planning area of ​​the "South-to-North Water Diversion Project" involves a population of nearly 400 million and a water diversion scale of 44.8 billion cubic meters. The total length of the east, middle and west lines of the project is 4,350 kilometers. The total length of the first phase of the east and middle lines is 2,899 kilometers, and the first-level supporting branch canals in the six provinces and cities along the line are 2,700 kilometers.

Through the three water diversion routes of the east, middle and west lines, and the connection with the four major rivers of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Haihe River, a general layout with "four horizontal and three vertical" as the main body is formed, which is conducive to the reasonable allocation of water resources in China from north to south and from east to west.

The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is expected to take 20 years, with a total investment of 400 billion yuan.

At the meeting, provinces and cities expressed their opinions, and ministries expressed their opinions.

"Comrade Liu Tao, you will give your opinion next." The leader looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao attended the meeting as a technical expert this time.

Liu Tao pondered for a moment and said, "The importance and necessity of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project are beyond doubt. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project can largely solve the water shortage problem in northern my country, especially in the Huanghuai River Basin. As for the technical aspect, I think there is no problem."

The Southwest region is also carrying out cross-basin and cross-regional water diversion, so that water resources can be better used.

For more than a decade, the Southwest region has not suffered from a water shortage crisis.

The North is different. Dry years make the North extremely painful, and normal years will also be troubled by water shortages.

"I would like to add one point, which is about pollution control along the route. Pollution has now become a common headache. The water from the South-to-North Water Diversion Project should be used not only for irrigation, but also for drinking water. Pollution control along the route must be considered comprehensively." Liu Tao added.

The East Line of the "Water Diversion from South to North" project uses the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which involves ship locks and pump stations. There are too many cities, towns and villages along the route, so pollution prevention and control is very important, otherwise the water transported to the north will not be clean water, but sewage.

The same applies to the Middle Line, which crosses a large plain and is also a densely populated area, so pollution prevention and control is also very important.

Only the West Line is in a harsh environment and does not have this problem. The water diversion of the West Line is to divert water from the Jinsha River, Yalong River and Dadu River to Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Shanxi in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the problem of pollution prevention and control is not so prominent.

And here is the cascade hydropower station planned and constructed in conjunction with Panshan Group.