On the morning of July 24, the Ministry of Water Resources held a press conference to brief on water conservancy infrastructure construction in the first half of the year. In the first half, national investment in water conservancy construction remained at a high level, with completed investment reaching 515.1 billion yuan.

Since the beginning of this year, China has made every effort to accelerate the construction of a modern water network. A number of major projects have been accelerated, including the Yangtze-to-Han River Water Diversion Project, the Guxian Water Conservancy Hub on the Yellow River, Phase II of the Huaihe River Sea-Entry Channel, and Sichuan's Dadu River-to-Min River Water Diversion Project. The Datengxia Water Conservancy Hub on the Xijiang River and the Luojiu Water Conservancy Hub in Guangxi have passed completion acceptance.

From January to June, 33,000 water conservancy projects were implemented nationwide, with completed investment of 515.1 billion yuan. Among them, 25 major water conservancy projects broke ground, 11 more than in the same period last year, with total investment of 264.6 billion yuan. These include the new Three Gorges Water Transport Corridor, the follow-up Phase I of the Taipu River project, the Liaodong Peninsula water resource allocation project in Liaoning, the Leizhou Peninsula irrigation district in Guangdong, and the modernization renovation of the Pishihang irrigation district in Anhui.

　　Ministry of Transport: Cargo throughput on the Yangtze River mainline reached 1.97 billion tons in the first half of the year

On July 24, the Yangtze River Navigation Administration of the Ministry of Transport reported that in the first half of this year, ports along the Yangtze River mainline handled 1.97 billion tons of cargo, including 14.218 million TEUs of container throughput, up 3.9 percent year on year. The transport of key materials was effectively guaranteed, and the Yangtze River "golden waterway" operated smoothly and in an orderly manner.

　　In the first half of this year, State Grid's fixed asset investment grew 12.6 percent year on year

On July 24, State Grid reported that in the first half of the year it completed more than 310 billion yuan in fixed asset investment, up 12.6 percent year on year. Among this, 15 ultra-high-voltage projects and 37 pumped-storage hydropower stations were accelerated. At the same time, investment in new energy grid-connection projects continued to increase. As of the end of June, the installed capacity of grid-connected new energy in State Grid's operating area reached 1.55 billion kilowatts.

Source: CCTV.com