The Ministry of Water Resources has announced six goals for the national water network by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan

The Ministry of Water Resources recently introduced the progress and goals of the national water network construction during the 15th FiveYear Plan period. According to the plan, by the end of the 15th FiveYear Plan, the coverage of the national water network is expected to reach 82% of the country's land area, and related project construction is also being accelerated. In the first nine months of this year, 28 major water conservancy projects started construction nationwide, surpassing the total for last year. These include projects such as the new Three Gorges water transport channel and the water resources allocation project for Liaodong Peninsula in Liaoning. At the same time, the construction of a digital twin water network is also underway to improve flood control dispatch and water management capabilities. The Ministry of Water Resources said that the construction of the national water network aims to coordinate and address issues related to water disasters, water resources, water ecology, and the water environment. By the end of the 15th FiveYear Plan, the six main goals include adding 15 billion cubic meters of reservoir storage capacity, raising the compliance rate of important dikes to 91%, adding 40 million mu of irrigated farmland, increasing the rural tap water coverage rate to 98%, adding 310,000 square kilometers of soil and water erosion control area, and keeping the compliance rate of basic ecological flow in key rivers and lakes at over 90%.