This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2019-09-05 07:43
Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
On Sept 5, 1983, the country's then biggest water diversion project, which directed water from the Luanhe River in Hebei province to Tianjin, a major port and industrial city, started operations, as seen in the item from China Daily.
The project aimed to put an end to Tianjin's reliance on the salty Haihe River for drinking water. Its water supply distance has extended to 234 kilometers, and the amount available to about 2 billion cubic meters.
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