China News Service, Beijing, September 24 (Liu Liang) The Ministry of Water Resources of China held a press conference on flood and drought disaster prevention and post-disaster reconstruction on the 24th.
At the meeting, Ye Jianchun, deputy minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, stated that the task of post-disaster restoration and reconstruction of China's water conservancy is still very arduous, requiring an investment of about 84 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
The reporter learned from the meeting that the worst flood situation occurred in China this year since 1998.
Since June, the national average rainfall of 438 mm, 18% more than normal, is the most since 1961; 21 numbered floods have occurred in major rivers such as the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, which exceeded 1998, which is the highest in the past 23 years; 827 rivers in 26 provinces in the seven major river basins had floods above warning level, 80% more than usual, the most since 1998, of which 266 were over-guaranteed and 77 were over-historical.
According to Ye Jianchun, severe floods occurred this year, causing damage to water conservancy projects such as dikes, reservoir facilities, rural water supply and irrigation facilities, pumping stations, culvert gates, and hydrological stations in 28 provinces. The Ministry of Water Resources organized various provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) to deal with The amount of water conservancy project restoration and investment requirements after the disaster were estimated.
"At present, it seems that the post-disaster restoration and reconstruction task of water conservancy is very arduous, requiring an investment of about 84 billion yuan." Ye Jianchun said that in the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will step up the post-disaster restoration and reconstruction work with relevant departments to repair damaged water-damaged water conservancy facilities as soon as possible. Combining with the formulation of the "14th Five-Year Plan", we will advance the construction of weak links in flood control, make up for shortcomings in flood control projects as soon as possible, and comprehensively improve the ability to prevent floods and droughts.
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