The reporter learned from the Ministry of Finance on the 15th that the Ministry of finance, together with the Ministry of water resources, seriously studied and timely dispatched the area of farmland affected by drought and the number of large livestock that have difficulty in drinking water temporarily due to drought. On August 12, the Ministry of Finance issued a water conservancy and disaster relief fund of 200 million yuan to eight provinces and regions, including Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai, to provide subsidies for water conservancy and drought relief in the affected areas and the construction of drought relief water sources. In addition, on August 12, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of water resources also issued a water conservancy disaster relief fund of 80 million yuan in Liaoning Province to support Liaoning Province in coping with rainstorms and floods, and repairing water conservancy projects and facilities damaged by floods. (news agency)