Staff of water conservancy department work on a newly-built canal to cope with the water reduction of Poyang Lake in Lushan City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 10, 2016. China's largest freshwater lake, Poyang Lake, has seen dramatically decreasing water level in recent days. The lake hit low water levels about 54 days earlier than average in previous years, according to statistics by the Jiangxi provincial hydrographic bureau. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)