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my country saved 1.08 billion cubic meters of water last year, equivalent to 77 West Lake water volume
2025-03-22 source:CCTV News

Today (22nd) is the 33rd "World Water Day", from today to the 28th, it is also the 38th "China Water Week". This year's theme is "Promote high-quality development of water conservancy and ensure my country's water security." Yesterday, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the dynamic monitoring of soil erosion in 2024.

The results of the national soil erosion dynamic monitoring work in 2024 show that the national soil erosion area has dropped to 2.6019 million square kilometers, a decrease of 25,700 square kilometers from 2023, a decrease of 0.98%. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region had the highest decline, at 2.48%, which is 2.53 times the national average decline.

From the perspective of the Dajiang River Basin, soil erosion is showing a trend of improvement. The overall reduction in soil erosion area in Dajiang Dahe River Basin was 1.76%, and the reduction in each basin was higher than the national average.

my country promotes innovative development of contract water conservation management, saving 1.08 billion cubic meters of water annually, equivalent to 77 West Lake water volume. In 2024, the unconventional water utilization will exceed 22 billion cubic meters. In the past 10 years, with the GDP growing by nearly 10 times, my country's total water use has achieved "zero growth", with the water use of 10,000 yuan in GDP and 10,000 yuan in industrial added value decreasing by 41.7% and 55.1% respectively.

Full efforts to promote the construction of major water conservancy projects, and the newly started major water conservancy projects have remained above 40 for three consecutive years. Construction of projects such as the Heishui River Modern Irrigation Zone in Zuojiang, Guangxi has started in 2025, which will make important contributions to ensuring national grain production.

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