A press conference on 10 years' performance of the first phase of the east and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is held by the State Council Information Office in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- More than 185 million people in China have directly benefited from a massive water diversion project that has been pumping water from the water-rich south to the drought-prone north over the past decade, authorities said Thursday.
The South-to-North Water Diversion Project has diverted more than 76.7 billion cubic meters of water to regions in the north through its middle and eastern routes. ■
