• It is a millennium project that will benefit our future generations. We should stick to the principle of saving water before diverting water, transferring water after treating pollution, and protecting the environment then using the water.
    - President Xi Jinping says on Dec 12, 2014 when the first phase of the central route begins transferring water
  • We should strengthen the project's management, protect water quality, practice water saving, safeguard the livelihoods of people displaced in the project's building, and improve the follow-up planning so as to make the project benefit the Chinese nation and people constantly.
    - President Xi Jinping says on Dec 12, 2014 when the first phase of the central route begins transferring water
  • On Dec 12, the first phase of the central route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was officially put into operation. More than 400,000 residents along the route were relocated. We pay our sincere tributes to them for their sacrifice, and wish them a happy life in their new homes.
    - President Xi Jinping says on Dec 31, 2014 when delivering New Year address
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