Details of South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Xichuan, Henan Province

Governor Guo Gengmao inspected the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Xichuan.

Source: Henan South-to-North Water Diversion Network Briefing: May 2008 This page was updated at 9: 44: 46 on August 20, 2008. The number of visitors is 1036.

On the afternoon of August 18, Governor Guo Gengmao investigated the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Diversion in Xichuan, visited immigrant households, and made a field trip to Danjiangkou Reservoir Area and the person in charge of the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Diversion, and delivered an important speech. An Huiyuan, Vice Governor, Assistant Governor and Secretary-General of the provincial government, Zong Changqing, Deputy Secretary-General of the provincial government, Director of the Provincial Water Resources Department, Director of the South-to-North Water Diversion Office, Chen Yongshi, Deputy Director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Li, Director of the Provincial Immigration Office, and Secretary of Nanyang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor accompanied the investigation.

Governor Guo Gengmao first affirmed the achievements of South-to-North Water Transfer Project in Nanyang City and Xichuan County. He pointed out that the party committees and governments of Nanyang City and Xichuan County deeply understand the great significance of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project and resolutely implement the decision-making arrangements of the central, provincial and provincial governments. They can take care of the overall situation, take the initiative, carefully organize and take measures, and have achieved remarkable results in resettlement, pollution control and economic development, and the people in the reservoir area and local economic development have also made great sacrifices. Nanyang section of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is still under planning, and some policies are still being studied and improved. Some problems that should have been included in the long-term mechanism cannot be put in place at the moment. In this case, it is very commendable that the party committees and governments of Nanyang City and Xichuan County can actively overcome difficulties, solve problems, maintain the stability of the reservoir area and develop the local economy, which fully embodies the overall awareness of the party committees and governments of Nanyang City and Xichuan County. Although the immigrants raised some practical problems, they all made it clear that the country would do it when it decided, showing a high style and consciousness. This spirit is really touching.

When talking about the great significance of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, Governor Guo Gengmao pointed out that the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is an unprecedented great project and unique in the world. China is a country short of water resources, which is an indispensable and important resource for us to achieve sustainable development. The greatest significance of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project is to run through the Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Yellow River and Haihe River, realize the optimal allocation of water resources in the whole country, enhance the regulation and control ability of water resources in China, and enhance the regulation and control support ability of China's modernization drive and the realization of a well-off society in an all-round way. For our province, although we have to make some sacrifices and pay some prices, on the whole, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The middle route project of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is more than 700 kilometers long, which is the largest project in the water receiving area of our province. For Xichuan and Xixia counties, it is also a rare development opportunity in a sense. We should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the construction of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, adjust the structure in time, open up a new road of development, and embark on a new road that can not only complete the task of reservoir construction, but also realize ecological protection and promote economic development, so as to realize new revitalization. China can not only make scientific use of the basic allocation function of the market mechanism, but also give full play to its great political and institutional advantages. Qi Xin can work together with Qi Xin to concentrate on major issues, which is unmatched by any country. It is a very important fact that China can achieve sustained and stable development for 30 years, which is the most vivid and realistic embodiment of the superiority of the socialist system. It is also a kind of luck and honor to catch up with the historical opportunity of the construction of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and to engage in this Millennium undertaking and make contributions to it. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project is not only a major project in China, but also a world-renowned event. The construction of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is by no means a problem of Xichuan County and Nanyang City, nor a problem of Henan Province, but a big problem representing the national image. We must, in accordance with the arrangements and requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, with a high sense of political responsibility and people's responsibility, concentrate all positive forces and integrate all superior resources to build and manage the Henan section of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, just like hosting the Olympic Games.

Governor Guo Gengmao emphasized that Scientific Outlook on Development should be firmly established and the project construction should be combined with the development of local economy and the improvement of people's production and life. It is necessary to implement the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in strict accordance with the five principles determined by the executive meeting of the provincial government, and promote the South-to-North Water Transfer Project harmoniously under the correct guidance of Scientific Outlook on Development. To realize the construction of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, we must first embody the people-oriented principle and overcome the biased problems of "emphasizing production, neglecting life, emphasizing construction, neglecting immigration, emphasizing water storage and neglecting ecology" in previous work. We should not only take the overall situation into account, make contributions to national development and national rejuvenation, but also do practical things for the people and seek practical benefits. It is necessary to combine the construction of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project with people's lives, combine water storage with ecological construction, and combine the completion of the project with economic development. It is necessary to embody people-oriented, overall planning, comprehensive coordination and sustainability in thought, and implement these thoughts into specific policy measures and engineering measures. It is necessary to take the "great discussion on emancipating the mind" proposed by the provincial party Committee as an opportunity and motivation to effectively build and manage the Henan section of the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer. We should further emancipate our minds, renew our ideas, and implement Scientific Outlook on Development in the concrete practice of the construction of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. It is necessary to take the construction of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project as an opportunity to actively guide, promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, make use of the situation, and realize the sound and rapid development of local economy and society while completing the construction task. We should do a good job in the preliminary work and master the priority and initiative in striving for projects, funds and policies.

As for the specific problems mentioned by Xichuan County, such as the difficulties in production and life of the workers and staff of the enterprises that have been shut down and transferred to other enterprises, the inadequate ecological compensation, the impact on transportation and the restriction on economic development, Governor Guo Gengmao asked both sides to jointly manage and combine their strengths and weaknesses. Before construction, it is necessary to implement the "stop construction order" and do everything possible to ensure the basic production and life stability of the people; It is necessary to consider making some supplements to the normal transfer payment for the maintenance and danger removal of the reservoir area, solving the temporary difficulties of immigrants and alleviating the living problems of employees with difficulties; In line with the principle of scientific and procedural decision-making, we will organize special teams as soon as possible to organize demonstration, formulate plans, prepare projects and actively report them, and implement the 2.7 billion water pollution prevention and control and soil and water conservation projects arranged by the state; In accordance with the relevant procedures, scientifically demonstrate and promptly promote infrastructure construction projects, scientifically solve and properly solve traffic problems in the reservoir area, and create favorable conditions for the further development of the reservoir area; It is necessary to organize relevant departments directly under the provincial level to integrate relevant resources, and regard the counties (cities) involved in Danjiangkou reservoir area as the top priority of our province in terms of economic development, project selection and preferential policies, and give the most generous inclination and support. (Contributed by General Office)