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Yunnan sees tourism boom in first quarter

Southwest China's Yunnan province received 300 million tourists from home and abroad in the first quarter of this year, up 5.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the provincial department of culture and tourism. The province's tourism revenue totaled over 391.7 billion yuan ($55.1 billion) in the first quarter, up 16.1 percent year-on-year, the department said.

Q1 water conservancy investment up 4.4%

China's investment in water conservancy facilities rose 4.4 percent year-on-year to 193.3 billion yuan ($27.2 billion) in the first quarter. The figure was higher than previous records for the period, Vice-Minister of Water Resources Chen Min said at a news conference on Monday. China began 9,683 new water conservancy projects in the first quarter, up 33.8 percent year-on-year, Chen said.

Xinhua - China Daily