On August 31, 2022, the Guangdong Water Resources Allocation Project around Beibu Gulf officially started construction. Minister of Water Resources Li Guoying attended the construction start meeting and delivered a speech in the form of video. Liu Weiping, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, attended the meeting.

Guangdong water resources allocation project around Beibu Gulf

The Guangdong Water Resources Allocation Project around Beibu Gulf has a total investment of 60.6 billion yuan and is included in the list of 55 major water conservancy projects to be promoted by the State Council in 2022. The project draws water from the main stream of the Xijiang River, pressurizes it through the pump station, passes through the Yunkai Mountain, and transfers water to the Leizhou Peninsula. The water transmission line is about 500 kilometers long. The water supply scope includes Yunfu, Maoming, Yangjiang, and Zhanjiang. 18 million people.

Li Guoying pointed out that the Guangdong Water Resources Allocation Project around the Beibu Gulf is a major strategic project deployed and promoted by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core. Civil engineering.

Li Guoying emphasized that from the perspective of building a lifeline project, we must firmly establish the millennium plan and the awareness of quality first, strengthen the organization and implementation of the construction of Guangdong water resources allocation project around the Beibu Gulf, innovate the project construction management system and mechanism, strictly implement the construction management system, and strengthen safety. Production management and service, actively promote technological innovation, ensure the quality, safety and progress of project construction, and strive to create high-quality projects, safety projects, and popular projects that can stand the test of history and practice, so that this project can benefit the people of western Guangdong for generations.

After the completion of the future project, it will further optimize the water resources allocation pattern of the urban agglomeration around the Beibu Gulf, fundamentally solve the problem of water shortage in western Guangdong, especially the Leizhou Peninsula, and improve the security capability of regional water supply. very important meaning. Editor/He Yuting