Xi Jinping emphasized at the symposium on promoting the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project
In-depth analysis of the new situation and new tasks faced by the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, scientifically advance project planning and construction, and improve the level of intensive and economical use of water resources
Han Zheng attended and delivered a speech
Xinhua News Agency, Nanyang, Henan, May 14. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission hosted a symposium on promoting the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in Nanyang, Henan Province on the morning of the 14th and delivered an important speech.
He emphasized that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is related to the overall strategic situation, long-term development, and people's well-being.
Entering a new stage of development, implementing new development concepts, building a new development pattern, forming a unified national market and a smooth domestic cycle, and promoting the coordinated development of the north and the south, require strong support from water resources.
In-depth analysis of the new situation and tasks faced by the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, complete, accurate, and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept, coordinate development and safety in accordance with the requirements of high-quality development, and adhere to the water control thinking of giving priority to water conservation, spatial balance, systematic governance, and two-handed efforts , Follow the principles of demonstrating major water conservancy projects that are truly necessary, ecologically safe, and sustainable, based on the overall watershed and balanced allocation of water resources, scientifically advance project planning and construction, and improve the level of intensive and economical use of water resources.
Han Zheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attended the symposium and delivered a speech.
At the symposium, Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying, Director of National Development and Reform Commission He Lifeng, Secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Lou Qinjian, Secretary of Henan Provincial Party Committee Wang Guosheng, Secretary of Tianjin Municipal Party Committee Li Hongzhong, Secretary of Beijing Municipal Party Committee Cai Qi, and Vice Premier of the State Council Hu Chunhua spoke successively.
After listening to everyone's speeches, Xi Jinping delivered an important speech.
He emphasized that water is the foundation of survival and the source of civilization.
Since ancient times, my country's basic water regime has been flooded in summer and dry in winter, and abundant in the north and abundance in the north. The temporal and spatial distribution of water resources is extremely uneven.
After the founding of New China, our party led the construction of large-scale water conservancy projects.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has coordinated the promotion of water disaster prevention, water resources conservation, water ecological protection and restoration, and water environment management, and has completed a number of major cross-basin and cross-regional water diversion projects.
The South-to-North Water Diversion is a backbone project for cross-basin and cross-regional allocation of water resources.
Since the first phase of the main project of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project was completed, more than 40 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred, and 120 million people have been directly benefited. It has played an important role in economic and social development and ecological environmental protection.
Practice has proved that the Party Central Committee’s decision on the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is completely correct.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the implementation of major projects such as the South-to-North Water Diversion has enabled us to accumulate valuable experience in the implementation of major trans-basin water diversion projects.
The first is to insist on a game of chess across the country, local areas obey the overall situation, local areas obey the central government, and overall optimization of resource allocation from the central level.
The second is to concentrate efforts on major issues, promote uniformly from the central level, concentrate on guaranteeing capital, land and other construction elements, and coordinate the work of resettlement.
The third is to respect objective laws, scientifically and prudently demonstrate plans, and attach importance to ecological and environmental protection, which emphasizes the harmony between man and water.
The fourth is to plan and lead, coordinate the water resources situation of the four major river basins of the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Yellow River and Haihe River, taking into account the needs of all relevant regions and industries.
Fifth, focus on water conservation and pollution control, and insist on first saving water and then diverting water, first treating pollution and then passing water, and first environmental protection and then using water.
The sixth is to adjust water accurately and accurately, formulate water distribution plans in detail, and strengthen the precise scheduling from water sources to users.
These experiences should be used well in the subsequent project planning and construction process.
Xi Jinping emphasized that to continue scientifically advancing the implementation of water transfer projects, it is necessary to coordinate and strengthen demand and supply management under the premise of comprehensively strengthening water conservation and strengthening the rigid constraints of water resources. First, we must adhere to the concept of systems, analyze problems with systems theory, and handle the relationship between revenue and expenditure reduction, inventory and increment, time and space, so as to maximize the overall benefits of the project. Second, we must adhere to the law, study and judge the long-term supply and demand trends, regional distribution, and structural characteristics of water resources, scientifically determine the scale and overall layout of the project, and handle the relationship between development and protection, utilization, and restoration, and never go beyond the bottom line of ecological security. Third, we must insist on giving priority to water conservation, take water conservation as the fundamental way out for water-receiving areas, do a good job of water conservation in a long-term, and optimize the urban spatial layout, industrial structure, and population scale based on the carrying capacity of water resources. Fourth, we must adhere to economic rationality, coordinate project investment and benefits, strengthen multi-plan comparison and selection, and minimize the number of land acquisition and resettlement. Fifth, we must strengthen ecological environmental protection, adhere to the integrated protection and systematic management of mountains, waters, forests, fields, lakes, and sands, strengthen water conservation of the Yangtze River, Yellow River and other large rivers, intensify ecological protection, strengthen water resources protection along the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and continue to do a good job in water delivery. Pollution prevention and environmental protection work in the areas along the route and in the water-receiving areas. Sixth, we must accelerate the construction of the national water network. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we will aim to comprehensively improve water security capabilities, focus on optimizing the water resources allocation system, and improving the river basin flood prevention and disaster reduction system. Build the main skeleton and main artery of the national water network to provide a strong guarantee of water security for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the "Master Plan for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project" has been promulgated for nearly 20 years, and it has gathered the hard work and wisdom of several generations.
At the same time, China’s total economic output, industrial structure, and urbanization levels have increased significantly in recent years. The main social contradiction in China has been transformed into a contradiction between the people’s growing needs for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. The coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Major regional strategies such as the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin have been implemented one after another. The main rivers in northern China, especially the Yellow River, have drastically reduced the amount of sediment and over-exploitation of groundwater and other water ecological and environmental problems.
All these put forward new requirements for strengthening and optimizing the supply of water resources.
It is necessary to review the current situation, make a scientific layout, accurately grasp the respective characteristics of the three routes of the east, middle, and west lines, strengthen the top-level design, optimize the strategic arrangement, and coordinate the guidance and advancement of the follow-up project construction.
It is necessary to strengthen organization and leadership, promptly do a good job in the planning and design of follow-up projects, coordinate the opinions of departments, localities and experts, carry out research on major issues, innovate the engineering system and mechanism, and do all the work with a high sense of political responsibility and historical mission to ensure that the results are provided. The planning and design scheme can stand the test of history and practice.
Han Zheng said in his speech that he must earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech and instructions, have a deep understanding of the significance of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and solidly promote the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
It is necessary to strengthen ecological and environmental protection, and fully embody the concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature in the whole process of project planning, construction and operation.
We must adhere to and implement the priority policy of water conservation, take more stringent measures to do a good job in water conservation, and resolutely avoid open water use and excessive water transfer.
It is necessary to carefully evaluate the implementation of the "General Plan for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project", continue to deepen the comparison and selection of subsequent project plans and construction plans, and further optimize and perfect the plan.
We must adhere to a scientific attitude, follow objective laws, and do a solid job of all tasks.
It is necessary to continue to strengthen the safety management and dispatch management of the first phase of the eastern and mid-line projects, strengthen water quality monitoring and protection, give full play to water transfer capabilities, and strive to improve project benefits.
In order to hold this symposium well, on the afternoon of the 13th, accompanied by Henan Provincial Party Secretary Wang Guosheng and Acting Governor Wang Kai, Xi Jinping went deep into the water conservancy facilities and new resettlement villages in Xichuan County, Nanyang City to understand the construction management and operation of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. And resettlement of the reservoir area.
Xi Jinping first came to the Taocha Canal Head Project to observe the operation of the water diversion sluice on the spot. Then he took a boat to inspect the Danjiangkou Reservoir, listened to relevant reports, and inspected the scene to take water samples.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a major strategic infrastructure that will benefit the future and will benefit the future.
From the political perspective of guarding the lifeline, we must earnestly safeguard the safety of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the safety of water supply, and the safety of water quality.
Draught does not forget those who dig wells, and we must continue to increase support and assistance to the reservoir area.
It is necessary to establish a rigid restraint system for water resources, strictly control the total amount of water use, coordinate water use for production, life, and ecology, and vigorously promote water conservation in agriculture, industry, and urban areas.
It is necessary to make the ecological and environmental protection of the water source area the top priority, draw a hard line, and unswervingly do all the work, and guard the clear water of this reservoir.
There are 175 households with 750 people in Zouzhuang Village, Jiuchong Town, near the head of the canal. They moved here in June 2011 due to the construction of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
Xi Jinping walked into the Danjiang green fruit and vegetable garden base established by the industrial development funds of the immigrant villages of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project to observe the growth of kiwifruit on the spot, and learn more about the employment and income increase of the immigrants.
Hearing that more than 300 people in the village are engaged in the fruit and vegetable industry, with a per capita monthly income of more than 2,000 yuan, Xi Jinping is very happy.
He emphasized that it is necessary to continue to do a good job in the follow-up assistance for resettlement, comprehensively promote rural revitalization, work together on farming, farming, migrant work, and development of new business formats, and take multiple measures to smooth income increase channels to ensure that the relocated people can live, develop, and become rich. .
Afterwards, Xi Jinping walked to inspect the appearance of the village and visited the home of immigrant Zou Xinzeng. Three generations of the same family sat around and chatted together.
Zou Xin once told the general secretary that after moving here, in addition to growing crops, he also works in nearby villages and towns. Housing, medical care, and children's schooling are also guaranteed.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the people are the world, and the Communist Party fights the world and guards the world, guarding the hearts of the people, so that the people can live a good life.
The centuries-old history of our party's struggle is the history of seeking happiness for the people.
We must give full play to the role of grassroots party organizations and party members and cadres, implement the "four discussions and two openness", improve village-level governance, and unite and lead the masses to move forward steadily toward the goal of common prosperity.
When leaving the village, the villagers came to the roadside to say goodbye to the general secretary.
Xi Jinping expressed his heartfelt gratitude and sincere greetings to the builders and operation managers who have worked hard for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and to the immigrants who have made selfless contributions to "a clear water northward".
He wished the villagers more and more prosperous days, and the sesame seeds blooming steadily.
Xi Jinping was very concerned about the production of summer grains. He got off the bus temporarily during the inspection trip to the head of the canal and walked into a wheat field to observe the growth of the wheat.
Seeing that a bumper harvest is in sight, Xi Jinping pointed out that a bumper summer grain harvest will support the economy throughout the year.
To ensure food security, we must firmly hold the seeds in our own hands.
It is necessary to persist in self-reliance and self-reliance in agricultural science and technology, start from cultivating good seeds, strengthen technical research on improved seeds, and rely on Chinese seeds to ensure China's food security.
On the 12th, Xi Jinping also conducted research on economic and social development in Nanyang City.
He first came to the tomb of the Eastern Han medical scientist Zhang Zhongjing to commemorate the medical sacred shrine, to learn about Zhang Zhongjing’s life and contribution to the development of Chinese medicine, to understand the role of Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and the inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine.
He emphasized that traditional Chinese medicine contains thousands of years of health preservation concepts and practical experience of the Chinese nation, and is a great creation of the Chinese nation and a treasure of ancient Chinese science.
We must do a good job in innovation, inheritance and development, actively promote the scientific research and innovation of Chinese medicine, pay attention to the interpretation of the principles of Chinese medicine with modern science, promote the combination and promotion of traditional Chinese medicine and modern science, and promote the complementary and coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine. The people provide better health services.
After leaving the Medical Sacred Shrine, Xi Jinping came to Nanyang Rose Expo Park to listen to the introduction of the local rose industry development and increase the income of the people, and take a car to see the style of the Expo Park.
The tourists greeted the general secretary one after another.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the development potential of local characteristic industries is huge, and it is necessary to be good at tapping and using local superior resources, strengthening the protection of local high-quality varieties, promoting the organic integration of production, teaching and research, and coordinating the industry, technology, and culture.
Later, Xi Jinping came to Nanyang Yaoyibao Artemisia Products Co., Ltd. to inspect the production workshop and product display, and communicate cordially with the company's operators and employees.
Xi Jinping emphasized that wormwood is a precious Chinese medicinal material. The development of wormwood products can not only obtain local materials, but also solve employment nearby.
On the one hand, we must develop technology-intensive industries, and on the other hand, we must develop labor-intensive industries with a large employment capacity, leaving more jobs and value-added gains to farmers.
Ding Xuexiang, Hu Chunhua, He Lifeng, etc. accompanied the inspection and attended the symposium. Responsible comrades of relevant departments of the central and state organs, and responsible comrades of relevant provinces and cities attended the symposium.