China's investment in water conservancy projects reaches record high

China's investment in water conservancy projects reaches record high
CHANGSHA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's investmentforged steel globe valvein water conservancy projects reached a record high of 142.7 billion yuan (20.9 billion U.S. dollars) in 2009, Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said Sunday.
The total spending more than doubledorganza suppliersthe investment of 65.54 billion yuan in 2008.
Among last year's spending, 63.7 billionmens jeansyuan were from the central budget while the rest from provincial-level governments, Chen said.
The massive investment last yearcreative recreation shoeshad pushed forward maintenance and upgrading of 6,124 reservoirs around the country, and helped nearly 61 million peoplelouboutins shoesgain access to safe drinking water, said Chen.
Between 2008 and 2009, theworld of warcraft goldcountry added another 1.17 billion cubic meters in its water storing capacity and improved irrigation systems on 57.7 millionwow accountmu (about 3.84 million hectares) of farmland, said Chen.
In 2009 alone, another 3 millionAffliction Jeanskilowatts were added to the installed capacity of rural hydro power plants, bringing the total capacity to 54 million kw. The annual power output exceeded 150 billion kilowatt-hours.