Xinhua News Agency, Hefei, October 23 (Reporters Jiang Gang, Wu Huijun) The reporter learned from the Huaihe River Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources on the 23rd that after 70 years of governance, the Huaihe River Basin has initially formed a water resource development, utilization and allocation system, and the water supply capacity has been greatly improved and drought resistance Disaster reduction capabilities have been significantly improved, with an annual water supply capacity of 99.5 billion cubic meters, which is 10 times that of the early days of New China.

  Xiao You, director of the Huaihe Water Conservancy Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that over the past 70 years, the Huaihe River Basin has gradually formed the "four verticals" with the first phase of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion, the first phase of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion, the diversion from the Yangtze to the Huaihe River, and the water diversion from the north of Jiangsu Province to the Yangtze River. The water resources development, utilization and allocation network of “four verticals, one horizontal and multiple points” with “one horizontal” and “multiple points” of reservoirs and sluices has an annual water supply capacity of 99.5 billion cubic meters. The water supply capacity is greatly improved.

  According to Xiao You, the Huai River Basin has less than 3% of the country’s water resources, carries about 13.6% of the population, contributes 9% of the country’s GDP, and produces 1/6 of the country’s food, effectively supporting the economic and social development of the basin. Continuous development.

In addition, the efficient allocation of water resources in the Huaihe River Basin has also provided abundant "hydraulic energy" for major national strategies such as the integrated high-quality development of the Yangtze River Delta, the integrated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, and the protection, inheritance and utilization of the Grand Canal culture.

  In addition, over the past 70 years, the water resources development and utilization engineering system built in the Huai River Basin has effectively improved the ability to resist drought and disaster reduction, laying a solid foundation for resisting previous droughts.

Relying on the completed water resources development and utilization projects, water conservancy departments at all levels in the Huaihe River Basin scientifically implemented water resources dispatch and successfully overcome many severe droughts.

In 2019, 1 billion cubic meters of water were transferred to Hongze Lake and surrounding areas by using the rain and flood resources of the Yishu Si River system, which effectively alleviated the drought-resistant water pressure in the surrounding areas of Hongze Lake, and realized that there will be no major disasters in the year of severe drought and guarantee Water demand of urban and rural residents and industrial and agricultural production.