A media delegation visited Botou, a county-level city administered by the city of Cangzhou, to witness firsthand the changes brought about by the water diverted from the Yangtze River to the lives of local people.
Workers on Sunday morning completed the digging of a tunnel for the world's longest heavy-freight railway five months ahead of schedule, the project contractor said.
Since China's South-to-North Water Diversion project started operations in 2008, a total of five billion cubic meters of water has been transferred to Beijing by May 8, 2018, according to the project office in Beijing.
The central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has channeled 2 billion cubic meters of water to Hebei province as of April 19.
Tianjin, a main beneficiary of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, is pushing the construction of supporting facilities and expanding the coverage of diverted water to the city.
An action plan, unveiled recently by Shiyan city of Hubei province, stipulates that efforts should be made over the next three to five years to safeguard water quality of the main stream of the Han River and the Danjiangkou Reservoir in the city.
Beijing will clean all polluted rivers and ponds by the end of this year.
The water authorities and waterworks organizations in Beijing launched various campaigns on March 22 to promote water protection and conservation, as Thcursday marked this year's World Water Day and the seven days from March 22 to 28 are the national Water Week.
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