A Good Catch
Staff catch fish at an aquaculture base in Helan County, Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, on September 26. In recent years, Yinchuan and Qingtongxia cities in Ningxia have managed to transform the saline-alkali lands into planting and cultivation areas.
(XINHUA)Water Conservancy Projects
China’s investment in water conservancy projects totaled 801.94 billion yuan ($114.2 billion) in the first eight months of this year, up 10.7 percent year on year, a government official said on September 25.
At a press conference on water conservancy infrastructure construction held in Beijing, Wang Bao’en, Vice Minister of Water Resources, said that water conservancy project construction on a massive scale has contributed to employment. Construction of such projects created nearly 2.1
