East China province invests in water conservancy works
( 2003-11-20 11:21) (Xinhua)
Shandong Province, a major grain production base in east China, will spend
8.8 billion yuan (US $1 billion ) on irrigation and water conservancy works this
winter and next spring, a provincial government official said Thursday.
The figure is one billion yuan (US $120 million ) more than last year, and
the projects to be launched are aimed at better irrigation, flood control and
environmental protection, said the official with the provincial water resources
department.
Among the 147,500 projects in the pipeline, priority will be given to those
which are closely related the people's daily livelihood, need a comparatively
small amount of investment and can produce good results quickly, he said.
Shandong has kept increasing investment in irrigation and water conservancy
projects since 1998, and it is one of the provinces whose total investment in
this field over the past five years remains the highest in the
country.
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