China News Service, Beijing, October 6th (Reporter Chen Su Li Yunhan) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources of China on the 6th that on the morning of October 6th, Beijing time, the 73rd Executive Council of the International Irrigation and Drainage Commission was held in Adelaide, Australia. On the 2022 (ninth batch) World Irrigation Engineering Heritage List announced, all four projects including Tongji Weir in Sichuan Province, Xinghua Duotian in Jiangsu Province, Songyang Songgu Irrigation Area in Zhejiang Province and Shangpu Terrace in Chongyi in Jiangxi Province have all been completed. The declaration is successful.
So far, China's World Irrigation Engineering Heritage has reached 30.
Sichuan Tongji Weir is the largest and longest-running movable dam in Chinese history.
Tongjiyan Irrigation District is currently an important part of Dujiangyan Irrigation District. It is mainly responsible for providing water for living, production and ecological use to Chengdu and Meishan, 2 cities and 4 counties, with an irrigation area of 520,000 mu.
The Xinghua Duotian Irrigation and Drainage Engineering System is distributed in the Hudang District of Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, and is a highland dry field irrigation and drainage engineering system.
Songyang Songgu Irrigation District in Zhejiang Province is a model of ancient irrigation projects in small and medium watersheds.
Shangbao Terraced Fields are located in the northwestern mountainous area of Chongyi County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, covering an area of about 3,400 hectares.
The highest altitude of the terraces is 1,260 meters, the lowest is 280 meters, the vertical drop is nearly 1,000 meters, and the highest is 62 terraces. It is called "the world's largest Hakka terraces".
The World Irrigation Engineering Heritage List was established in 2014. It aims to sort out the development of the world's irrigation civilization, promote the protection of irrigation engineering heritage, summarize the excellent water control wisdom of traditional irrigation engineering, and provide historical experience and inspiration for sustainable irrigation development.
The International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage was established in 1950. It is a professional international organization with the purpose of international exchange and application promotion of cutting-edge technologies in irrigation, drainage and flood control. Its members include 91 national and regional committees, covering more than 90% of the world's irrigated area.
The 24th International Irrigation and Drainage Conference and the 73rd Executive Council of the International Irrigation and Drainage Committee were held in Adelaide, Australia from October 3 to 10.
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