The Middle Route Project of the South to North Water Diversion Project has been in operation from December 12, 2014 to November 13, 2014, with a cumulative water diversion volume exceeding 60 billion cubic meters, directly benefiting more than 108 million people in the four provinces and cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and Henan. The relevant person in charge of China South to North Water Diversion Group Co., Ltd. stated that in the past 9 years since the opening of the Middle Route Project of the South to North Water Diversion, through the implementation of scientific scheduling, the scope of the water receiving area has been continuously expanding, and the beneficiary population has been increasing year by year. At present, over 70% of the water supply in the urban area of Beijing is from the South to North Water Diversion Project, while all the water supply in the main urban area of Tianjin is from the South to North Water Diversion Project. In terms of water quality, the water quality of the middle route of the South to North Water Diversion Project is stable and meets the Class II surface water standard or above. As a cross basin and cross regional water diversion project, the Middle Route of the South to North Water Diversion Project plays an important role in optimizing water resource allocation, ensuring people's drinking water safety, reviving the ecological environment of rivers and lakes, and unblocking the north-south economic cycle. It provides strong water resource support for the economic and social development of 26 large and medium-sized cities along the line. In terms of ecological water replenishment, since the opening of the Middle Route Project of the South to North Water Diversion, more than 9.4 billion cubic meters of ecological water have been replenished to over 50 rivers and lakes along the route, contributing significantly to the comprehensive management of groundwater overexploitation and the recovery of river and lake ecological environment in North China. It is reported that in terms of the follow-up construction of the Middle Route Project of the South to North Water Diversion, the South to North Water Diversion Group has prepared a special research report on the overall layout and scale of the South to North Water Diversion Middle Route Regulation and Storage Engineering System. It is accelerating the preparation of the feasibility study task book for the connection project between the Xixiayuan Reservoir and the main canal, and accelerating the planning of the Middle Route Regulation and Storage Engineering and the construction of the Xiheishan Power Station. (New News Agency)