新华社权威速览·非凡“十四五”丨新进展、新成效、新变化：“大国治水”成绩单来了！

Core Viewpoint - The Ministry of Water Resources of China has reported significant achievements in high-quality water conservancy development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, focusing on infrastructure construction, disaster prevention, resource management, and ecological restoration [1]. Group 1: Infrastructure Development - A comprehensive "sky-ground-water-engine" integrated monitoring and sensing system has been established, extending the flood forecasting period for major rivers from 3 days to 10 days [4]. - Construction of flood control projects has commenced, increasing flood storage capacity by 3.5 billion cubic meters and implementing governance for over 3,500 small and medium-sized rivers [7]. Group 2: Disaster Prevention and Management - The "14th Five-Year Plan" has led to the reduction of urban flooding incidents by 7,661 times and has prevented the displacement of approximately 42.78 million people [7]. - The area of irrigated farmland has increased by 49 million acres by the end of 2024, with over 80% of grain production coming from irrigated land [14]. Group 3: Water Resource Management - Despite an average economic growth rate of 5.5%, the total water consumption in the country has achieved zero growth, with water usage per unit of GDP and industrial output decreasing by 17.7% and 23.6% respectively compared to 2020 [9]. - The area of water-saving irrigation has reached 63.8 million acres, reflecting a 12.5% increase from the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" [14]. Group 4: Ecological Restoration - The area of lakes such as Dongting Lake and Poyang Lake has been restored by over 1,300 square kilometers, with 170,000 cases of illegal occupation and construction addressed [11]. - The area affected by soil erosion on the Loess Plateau has been reduced by more than half, with the construction of 3,879 sediment retention dams and 4 million acres of dry farming terraces [20]. Group 5: Rural Water Supply Improvement - The proportion of rural populations served by large-scale water supply projects has increased by 15 percentage points compared to the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan" [22]. - Central government funding of 2.2 billion yuan has been allocated to support the maintenance and upgrading of rural water supply facilities [22].