An exhibition of the achievements of comprehensive management of the Yongding River Basin was set up at the forum. Photo courtesy of the organizer.
China Youth Daily, Beijing, December 24 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter He Chunzhong) From December 23 to 24, the third Yongding River Forum was held in Beijing, with the theme of "Improving the Resilience of the River Basin and Building Happy Rivers and Lakes".
Sun Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Yongding River Basin Investment, announced the opening of the forum. He said that since the implementation of the new round of comprehensive management and ecological restoration of the Yongding River, the construction of the river ecological corridor has been accelerated, the green foundation of the river basin has been continuously built, the water ecological environment has been continuously improved, the modernization of river basin governance and management has been steadily promoted, and the Yongding River has achieved life recovery and historic reshaping.
Sun Guosheng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Yongding River Basin Investment, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. Photo courtesy of the organizer.
Xu Longzhang, a senior expert of the Energy and Water Conservancy Business Department of the China Development Bank, said that the China Development Bank, as the only financial institution among the members of the Provincial Coordination Leading Group of the Ministry of Yongding River Comprehensive Management and Ecological Restoration, will continue to increase its support for the key areas of Yongding River comprehensive management, play a role as a bridge and link between the Yongding River and the market, and actively serve high-quality development.
Liu Chengyun, deputy general manager of China Communications Construction Group, proposed that all parties should focus on government-enterprise cooperation, innovation and breakthroughs, and collaborative governance, strengthen technology, management, and business model innovation, summarize, replicate and promote the Yongding River model, improve the river basin governance mechanism of co-construction, co-governance and sharing, and accelerate the improvement of river basin governance and management efficiency.
In the keynote speech of the forum, Zhang Zhitong, former chief planner of the Ministry of Water Resources, suggested that the Yongding River Basin should coordinate the upstream and downstream, left and right banks, and main and tributaries, scientifically determine flood control standards, and accelerate the construction of a flood control engineering system composed of reservoirs, rivers, embankments, and flood storage and detention areasRevise the comprehensive river basin plan and flood control plan in a timely manner to ensure the safety of flood control in the river basin.
Gu Shuzhong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and a researcher at the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy of the Development Research Center, said that the realization of the value of ecological products is the need to protect the ecosystem and improve the natural environment.
In his keynote speech, Sun Guosheng introduced that over the years, the comprehensive management of the Yongding River has made the water network in the basin more and more firmly woven. The "flowing river" runs through the flood channel, and the flow of 865 kilometers of the river expands the flood section and opens up more than 120 breakpoints and plugging points in the main streamThe "safe river" has built a solid flood control system, built 369 kilometers of reinforcement and guarded, and realized 99 main stream embankments7% met;The construction of corridors and supporting facilities for disaster prevention, mitigation and relief has been carried out in tandem, and a total of 477 kilometers of river patrol roads and more than 100 cross-river bridges have been constructed, which have played a key role in disaster prevention, mitigation and relief.
The forum was jointly sponsored by Yongding River Basin Investment and CCCC Dredging (Group) Co., Ltd. and China Consulting Overseas Consulting, and the forum also held a number of sub-forums such as the "Two Mountains" concept to lead the high-quality development of the river basin. More than 300 people attended the forum, including relevant persons in charge of national ministries and commissions, local governments, river basin management institutions, expert members of the Comprehensive River Basin Management Strategy Advisory Committee, and representatives of scientific research institutes, enterprises, finance, and think tanks.
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