China launches Yangtze diversion scheme
- From: Vol 4, Issue 1 (January 2003)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: China
But will need to find $59 billion to build it.
China has officially launched its huge water diversion project, which will move water from the Yangtze River in the south to the country’s arid north, including the capital Beijing.
Approval of the scheme was announced by water resources vice minister Zhang Jiyao in November. However, the official go-ahead for the south-north transfer project came from Chinese premier Zhu Rongji ...
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