In the first 7 months, the investment in water conservancy construction was 567.5 billion yuan

On August 10, the Ministry of Water Conservancy held a press conference on the construction of water conservancy infrastructure construction and effectiveness. Liu Weiping, deputy minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that as of the end of July, the country's investment in water conservancy construction was 567.5 billion yuan, an increase of 71.4%over the same period last year. The construction of water conservancy projects reached 1.61 million employment, of which 1.233 million migrant workers, which made positive contributions to stabilizing investment and promoting employment.

Liu Weiping said, "On the basis of important progress in the construction of water conservancy in the first half of the year, the Ministry of Water Conservancy continued to expand water conservancy investment in conjunction with the local area, promoted water conservancy construction in high quality and efficiently, and continued to achieve new results. From January to July, new construction of major water conservancy projects 25 In terms of items, the iconic major water conservancy projects such as the South -to -North Water Diversion Middle Line and the second phase of the Huaihe River entering the seawater have started construction.

In July, my country has entered the main flood season, and the water conservancy departments in various places actively take effective measures. While comprehensively do a good job of flood prevention work, continue to accelerate the construction of water conservancy infrastructure, give full play to the role of effective investment in water conservancy Essence

Zhang Xiangwei, director of the Division of the Ministry of Water Resources, introduced that the new progress in July was mainly manifested in four aspects: First, the investment completion did not decrease, and the investment was 122.6 billion yuan in July. The second is that the project has made new progress. As of the end of July, there were 16,000 new water conservancy projects in the country, with an investment scale of 739.9 billion yuan. Compared with the end of June, the newly started projects increased by 2,210 items, and the investment scale increased by 130.4 billion yuan. ; Third, the investment and financing policy continues to make efforts. In July, the implementation of water conservancy construction investment was 143.6 billion yuan, of which bank loans and social capital were implemented by 56.4 billion yuan, which was 1.9 times in June. The number of new employment in water conservancy projects has 310,000 employment, innovation high, and has effectively promoted the stability of employment and income from migrant workers. (Guo Jichuan)

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