On December 12, on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the official opening of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the first high-quality development forum for the follow-up project of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project was held in Beijing. A number of academicians and experts gathered together to contribute their wisdom and efforts to the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the high-level construction of Nanyang as a modern provincial sub-central city.
Wang Guangqian, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Yu Shaoliang, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Society, Fang Jiangshan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Society, Wang Daoxi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, Tan Xuxiang, Vice Mayor of Beijing, Zhang Daohong, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Full-time Vice Chairman of the Democratic League, Wang Annan, General Manager of China South-to-North Water Diversion Group, Du Xiangwan, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Former Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Wang Hao, Honorary Director of the Water Resources Research Institute of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Lu Shengfang, Director of the Reservoir Resettlement Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, Peng Guohua, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Forum Magazine of the People's Society, You Guowen, Chairman of the Central Line of the China South-to-North Water Diversion Group, Zhu Shixi, Secretary of the Nanyang Municipal Party Committee, and Wang Zhihui, Mayor of Nanyang attended the meeting.
Also attending the meeting were relevant leaders, experts and scholars from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing Municipality, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese People's University and other departments, universities and institutes, as well as municipal leaders Zhang Shengqi, Zhang Fuzhi, Ma Bing, Li Peng, Zhou Dapeng, Li Jiakun, A Ying, Yang Shuguang, Zhou Huafeng, and Hua Daomei.
Wang Guangqian said in his speech that the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is a major strategic infrastructure for the CPC's decision-making and construction, and Nanyang, as the location of the head of the canal and the core water source of the middle route project, has made important contributions to the people along the route to drink good water. In the next step, we should be guided by the idea of ecological civilization and the important exposition of the general secretary on water control, and apply and implement it in planning and design, which is reflected in the actual results of work. It is necessary to broaden the path of ecological value transformation, cultivate characteristic and advantageous brands according to local conditions, and guide the ecological industry to become bigger and stronger according to the situation. It is necessary to empower green and low-carbon development through innovation, promote the integrated protection and restoration of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, promote sustainable agricultural models, and support the development of eco-friendly industriesAccelerate the adjustment of the energy structure, and actively promote the large-scale development and utilization of clean energy such as wind energy, solar energy, and biomass energyPromote the transformation of Nanyang into a city with a large population to a city with strong human resources, and encourage more outstanding talents to stay in Nanyang and return to NanyangLearn from the rural revitalization workstation model of colleges and universities to attract college students and their mentor team resources to help the development of Nanyang. It is necessary to explore the multi-level value of water resources. Closely combine the advantageous resources of the water source area with the economic, technological, demographic, and market advantages of the water receiving area, and deepen counterpart cooperation. Coordinate and promote the reform of water supply from the South-to-North Water Diversion, promote the optimal use of water, save water, achieve complementary advantages and benign interaction, and jointly build a new pattern of regional collaborative development with mutual benefit and win-win between the North and the South.
In his speech, Wang Daoxi said that the people are the country, and the country is the people, and the construction of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has further proved this truth, and it is the great thing for the country to make the people's lives happy. In the next step, the water conservancy department will more consciously take the high-quality development path of strong guarantee of water conservancy security, significant improvement of water ecology, and effective governance of water environment, build a national water network with complete system, safety and reliability, intensive and efficient, green intelligence, smooth circulation, and orderly regulation and control, and further improve the ability to prevent water disasters, the ability to intensively save and utilize water resources, the ability to optimize the allocation of water resources, and the ability to protect and govern the ecology of major rivers and lakes, so as to make new and greater contributions to the construction of a strong country and national rejuvenation.
In his speech, Tan Xuxiang said that the opening of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has greatly alleviated the situation of serious water shortage in the capital and significantly increased the strategic reserve of water resources. Beijing has greatly enhanced the self-development capacity of water sources through counterpart cooperation in technology, capital, science and technology. It is necessary to promote cooperation and exchanges between Beijing and Wanzhou at a higher level, in more fields and in a wider space, and take Beijing-Wanwan cooperation as a driving force to inject stronger impetus into the social, economic and ecological development of water source areas and water receiving areas, and build a new pattern of regional coordinated development.
Wang Annan said in his speech that this forum is a powerful measure and vivid practice to implement the spirit of the instructions and instructions of the important speech of the General Secretary, promote the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and serve the economic and social development of the regions along the route, and build a broad platform for us to deepen exchanges. It is hoped that all levels and industry departments will work together with us to promote the construction of an interconnected urban and rural water network system. It is hoped that all enterprises, institutions, scientific research institutes, and colleges and universities will work with us to accelerate the construction of the national water network. We hope that all experts and industry scholars will exchange and learn from us, so that scientific research results can be better integrated into the modern water industry chain, value chain and innovation chain, and jointly play a role in building a national water security system.
In his speech, Peng Guohua said that the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project has provided strong water resources support and water security for cities along the route, and has become a veritable "lifeline" of water supply. In order to achieve fruitful results in this forum, we have summarized the research results in an in-depth and comprehensive manner, extensively absorbed the suggestions of the expert group and relevant departments, refined the research topics, improved the plan, continued to track the latest progress, and wrote and published the research report, which has generated good social repercussions. We will take this forum as an opportunity to continue to track, exchange and share valuable experience in the implementation of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, and jointly build an all-round platform with all sectors of government, industry, academia and research to provide intellectual support for the planning, implementation and management of the follow-up project, and further promote the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project.
Zhu Shixi briefly introduced the city conditions of Nanyang, as well as the achievements made in ensuring water quality and protecting operation. He said that Beijing and Wanzhou have been connected by water and have advanced and integrated together. Entering a new stage of development, we must keep in mind the leader's entrustment, make every effort to maintain the "three security" of the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and ensure that "a flood of clean water continues to move northward". It is necessary to practice the concept of "two mountains", vigorously implement green and low-carbon transformation actions, and take the road of high-quality development of green rise and beautiful and rich people. It is necessary to cultivate the friendship between Beijing and Wanzhou, strengthen the service guarantee, create the best development environment for deepening the counterpart cooperation, and build Nanyang into an important industrial transfer base, production and processing base, scientific and technological achievement transformation incubation base, organic agricultural products base and cultural tourism health destination in Beijing and Tianjin.
Du Xiangwan, Wang Hao, Lu Shengfang, and You Guowen made wonderful speeches on the theme of "keeping in mind the entrustment of the General Secretary, strengthening source protection, and striving to continue to write a new chapter in the high-quality development of the follow-up project of the middle line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project".
Liu Bin, Director of the Beijing Municipal Water Affairs Bureau, Ding Gang, former deputy director of the National Institute of Foreign Economic Research, Yin Peihong, researcher of the Natural Ecology Research Department of the Environmental and Economic Policy Research Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Wei Jigang, deputy director of the Institute of Innovation and Development Policy of the Institute of Science and Technology Strategy Consulting, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wang Mingji, researcher of the National Institute of Social Development, conducted a dialogue on "high-quality of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project and the coordinated development of the North and the South", and dedicated a feast of ideas for the exchange of views and the collision of wisdom.
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