Veteran engineer Li Shuncai witnessed the development and innovations of China's water project construction over four decades.
As of Sept. 5, around 5 billion cubic meters of water has been transferred from the Danjiangkou Reservoir in Hubei province to Beijing through the South-to-North Water Diversion Project since the end of 2014.
The Beijing Sub-Bureau of the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project hosted an open day in Beijing's Fangshan district on Tuesday.
The central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project brought 120 million cubic meters of water to replenish 17 rivers from Aug. 6 to 20.
The level of Beijing's underground water reserves has been rising significantly, authorities said.
The central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has transported 4 billion cubic meters of water to Tianjin, the local water authorities announced at a press conference on July 16.
On July 5, Tang Xianqi, an inspector at the Tianjin Municipal Water Bureau, gave a special interview regarding how Tianjin would take full advantage of the South-to-North water diversion project.
By adopting multiple sewage disposal methods and closing down a number of heavily polluting companies, Shiyan, a city in central China's Hubei province and a key water source for the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, is demonstrating its determination to pursue a green path of development.