↑On 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 City, Henan Province and delivered an important speech.

↑On the afternoon of May 13, Xi Jinping took a boat to investigate Danjiangkou Reservoir in Xichuan County, Nanyang City.

  As the largest water transfer project in the world

  South-to-North Water Diversion is a matter of hundreds of millions of people's livelihood

  Has always been the concern of General Secretary Xi Jinping

  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China

  General Secretary on multiple occasions

  On-site understanding of progress and project operation

  Give instructions several times

  Point out the direction for the continuous and high-quality development of the project

↑On November 13, 2020, Xi Jinping inspected and investigated in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

This is when Xi Jinping is at the Jiangdu Water Conservancy Project, understanding the planning and construction of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the operation of the project.

↑On November 13, 2020, Xi Jinping inspected and investigated in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

This is when Xi Jinping is at the Jiangdu Water Conservancy Project, understanding the planning and construction of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the operation of the project.

↑On April 4, 2014, party and state leaders came to the Tuancheng Lake Regulating Pool of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Haidian District, Beijing, to participate in the capital's voluntary tree planting activity.

This is Xi Jinping and everyone watering the newly planted saplings.

At the end of the tree planting, Xi Jinping asked the person in charge of the project about the water quality of the water source of the South-to-North Water Diversion and the progress of the construction of the protection and regulation pool.

↑On the afternoon of April 26, 2018, Xi Jinping hosted a symposium on in-depth promotion of the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt in Wuhan and delivered an important speech.

This is before the symposium. Xi Jinping inspected the Chenglingji Hydrological Station in Yueyang on the afternoon of the 25th.

↑From September 16 to 18, 2019, Xi Jinping inspected Henan.

It was the afternoon of the 17th. Xi Jinping was in Zhengzhou Yellow River National Geological Park, overlooking the Zhengzhou section of the Yellow River.

  Since ancient times

  The basic water regime in China has always been

  The summer season is dry and the winter is dry, the north is short and the south is rich

  Supply abundant water resources from the south to the north

  Optimize the spatial and temporal distribution of water resources

  Is the dream of the children of China for thousands of years

  Conceived since 1952

↑In 1959, the construction of the Danjiangkou Dam began to block the Han River (data photo).

  Start construction in 2002

↑The construction site was taken on December 27, 2002 at the Tonghe site of the East Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Baoying County, Yangzhou, Jiangsu.

The South-to-North Water Diversion Project officially started construction on this day.

  In 2013, the first phase of the east line was officially connected to water

  In 2014, the first phase of the middle line was officially connected to water

↑On May 30, 2013, the Jiangdu Water Conservancy Project, the source of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, began to test water.

In November 2013, the first phase of the East Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially opened.

↑In December 2014, the first phase of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially opened.

This is December 27, 2014. The end of the main canal of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project-Beijing Tuancheng Lake Open Channel was opened to release water. The river water was sent to Beijing's multiple water plants through the open channel.

  Since the water supply, more than 40 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred

  Water can fill nearly 3,000 West Lakes

  The direct beneficiary population exceeds 120 million

↑The South-to-North Water Diversion has greatly increased the water storage capacity of Miyun Reservoir, Beijing's "big water tank", and the water quality has long maintained the national surface water environmental quality level II standard.

This is the scenery of Miyun Reservoir (photo by drone, taken on September 1, 2020).

↑The east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion provides strong support for the spring city of Jinan to preserve and replenish the source.

This is Baotu Spring which is ranked first among the famous springs in Jinan (photographed on October 3, 2019).

↑The ecological water supply of the South-to-North Water Diversion has brought back life to the Hutuo River, the mother river of Shijiazhuang, which has been dry for decades (photographed by drone, taken on April 13, 2021).

  Entering a new stage of development

  Implement the new development concept

  Build a new development pattern

  Water transfer project

  Also faced with new situations and new tasks

↑On the afternoon of May 13, Xi Jinping inspected the Taocha Canal Head Hub Project in Xichuan County, Nanyang City.

↑Beijing Haidian Shounong Manor is a new type of agricultural demonstration park.

The manor vegetable greenhouse adopts a dual-system irrigation mode that combines drip irrigation and upside-down micro-spraying, combining up and down, and accurately "feeding", which significantly reduces water consumption (photographed on March 18).

↑On a construction site of the Third Bureau of China Construction in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, an inductive car washing station uses recycled water to wash the vehicles and recycle the sewage (photographed on May 12).

↑On March 10, 2020, workers processed parts in the plant of Inner Mongolia Jiali Water-saving Irrigation Co., Ltd.

↑This is a smart water-saving public toilet taken in Yaohai District, Hefei.

The transformed and upgraded smart water-saving public toilets save an average of 1.5 tons of water per month, and 39 public toilets in the district save nearly 60 tons of water per month (photographed on November 24, 2017).

↑On the afternoon of May 13, Xi Jinping inspected Danjiangkou Reservoir by boat in Xichuan County, Nanyang City, and inspected the water samples taken at the scene.

↑Farmers pick honeysuckle at the Chinese herbal medicine planting base in Jiuzhong Town, Xichuan County, Henan Province (photographed on July 30, 2016).

Located in the water source of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, Xichuan County has realized the balanced development of ecological protection and income increase through the development of green ecological industries such as honeysuckle, soft-seed pomegranate, and organic vegetables.

↑On November 12, 2020, the staff monitored the water quality at the head of the Taocha Canal of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

↑ Liushui Town, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province is located in the middle reaches of the Han River, an important water source in the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.

In recent years, the local area has vigorously promoted the cultivation of organic agricultural products according to local conditions and developed low-polluting industries such as rural tourism.

This is the scenery of Liushui Town (photographed on March 27).

↑In Zouping County, Shandong Province, sewage is treated by an urban sewage treatment plant and becomes a water source for a local wetland park (photographed by drone, taken on July 26, 2016).

↑On the afternoon of May 13, Xi Jinping inspected the Taocha Canal Head Hub Project in Xichuan County, Nanyang City.

↑Qianping Reservoir, located in Qianping Village, Ruyang County, Henan Province, is a large-scale water conservancy project that focuses on flood control and has the functions of water supply, irrigation and power generation. It is one of the 172 major water-saving and water-saving water conservancy projects established by the State Council (Photo by drone, taken on April 26).

↑Datengxia Water Conservancy Project is located in the Qianjiang River section of the Xijiang River Basin in Guiping City, Guangxi Province. It is a landmark project of 172 water-saving and water-saving major water conservancy projects identified by the State Council.

This is the night construction site of the project (photograph by drone, taken on January 15).

↑The construction of the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project was started in August 2017. After completion, it will fundamentally solve the problem of water shortage in Central Yunnan.

This is the construction site operation of the 9th Guanyinshan inverted siphon project of the Chuxiong Section of the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project by large machinery (photographed on March 18, 2020).

↑In 2019, Heilongjiang Province began to construct field supporting projects in the Sanjiang Irrigation District, planning more than 17,000 canal systems with a total length of more than 18,000 kilometers, which can save 1.8 billion cubic meters of groundwater each year.

The project can release the potential of grain production in the irrigation area, promote a stable increase in production, and continue to increase farmers' income.

This is the canal head station of Qinglongshan Irrigation District (photograph by drone, taken on October 15).

  A flood of clear water, long canal with blue waves

  Thousands of miles, connecting rivers

  South-to-North Water Diversion

  It's about the overall strategy, long-term development, and people's well-being

  "A National Game of Chess", "Concentrate Forces to Do Major Events"

  Under the guidance of the concept of high-quality development

  Great projects will moisturize more people

  Producer: Ban Wei

  Planning: Liu Jie, Zheng Weilan, Hongguang Lai Xiangdong

  Coordinator: Yulan

  Production: Bi Xiaoyangyu Dongsheng

  Photography: Ju Peng, Li Tao, Xie Huanchi, Liu Shiping, Tao Ming, Sun Can, Yang Shiyao, Yin Gang, Chen Bin, Wang Kai, Lianzhen, Li An, Zhang Chenlin, Feng Dapeng, Ren Chao, Cao Yiming, Chen Xinbo, Zhang Zhuojun, Yang Zhe, Zhang Kerong, Liu Xiaoning, Xie Chen

  Editor: Zhang Lei, Lu Peng, Zhao Dingzhe

  Produced by the Photography Department of Xinhua News Agency