At the press conference on the progress and effectiveness of water conservancy infrastructure construction in the first half of 2023, Vice Minister of Water Resources Wang Daoxi stated that in the first half of this year, a total of 525.4 billion yuan of investment in water conservancy construction was completed nationwide, of which 476.2 billion yuan was allocated from central and local finance. The scale and progress of water conservancy infrastructure construction were better than the same period last year. With the strong support of national finance and social capital, China has made gratifying progress in the construction of major water conservancy projects, the renovation of large and medium-sized irrigation areas, and the improvement of rural safe drinking water projects. The scale and progress of increasing investment in water conservancy infrastructure construction are better than that of the same period last year, as introduced by Wang Daoxi. The Ministry of Water Resources has deeply implemented the deployment of the National Water Network Construction Plan, strengthened organizational promotion and coordination between the upper and lower levels, fully accelerated water conservancy infrastructure construction, deepened water conservancy investment and financing reform, and the scale and progress of water conservancy infrastructure construction are better than that of the same period last year. The momentum of water conservancy development continues to strengthen, helping the economy continue to rebound and improve. One is that the number of newly started projects has reached 17600, especially the largest number of major water conservancy projects in history during the same period. In the first half of the year, there were 17600 new water conservancy projects in China with an investment scale of 720.8 billion yuan, an increase of 3707 compared to the same period last year, and an increase of 111.3 billion yuan in investment scale. Among them, there were 1095 projects with an investment scale exceeding 100 million yuan. At present, 24 major projects, including Jilin Water Network Backbone Project, Hebei Xiong'an Trunk Canal, Fujian Jinmen Water Supply, Sichuan Sanba Reservoir, Anhui Fenghuangshan Reservoir, Jiangxi Poyang Lake Kangshan Flood Storage and Detention Area, Guangxi Xialiujia Irrigation Area, have been started on schedule to accelerate the construction of national, regional and provincial water network engineering systems. The second is to adhere to the principle of "two pronged efforts" and implement more investment in water conservancy construction than in the same period in previous years. In the first half of the year, the national investment in water conservancy construction reached 783.2 billion yuan, an increase of 35.2 billion yuan or 4.7% compared to the same period last year. Among them, 476.2 billion yuan of central and local financial funds were implemented, accounting for 61% of the total investment implemented; Implementing local government special bonds, bank loans, and social capital of 307 billion yuan, accounting for 39% of the total investment implemented. From the implementation situation in various regions, 22 provinces have implemented investments exceeding 10 billion yuan. Thirdly, we will make every effort to accelerate the construction progress of water conservancy projects, with a year-on-year increase of 18.1% in completed investment. Since the beginning of the year, various regions have seized the favorable opportunity of water conservancy construction and arranged engineering construction in advance. Starting from March, the monthly completed investment has exceeded 100 billion yuan, increasing month by month. In June, the monthly completed investment reached 114.9 billion yuan. From January to June, the national investment in water conservancy construction reached 525.4 billion yuan, an increase of 18.1% year-on-year. A number of Megaproject have achieved the goal of key nodes, the Wendegen Water Control Project of the Inner Mongolia Diversion of Chuo to Liaoning Project has realized the impoundment of the sluice, the the Pearl River Delta Water Resources Allocation Project has been completed, the Guangdong Water Resources Allocation Project around the Gulf of Tonkin has entered the implementation phase of the whole line, and the construction of the Middle Route of the South to North Water Transfer Project, the Huaihe River Channel Phase II, and the Central Yunnan Water Diversion Project has been accelerated. The fourth is to actively play a role in stabilizing employment, especially promoting the employment and income increase of key groups such as migrant workers. Water conservancy projects have a large number of construction projects and strong employability, and large-scale water conservancy construction directly provides a large number of employment opportunities. In the first half of the year, water conservancy project construction attracted