Group 1 - The core viewpoint emphasizes the importance of leveraging financial mechanisms to enhance rural water supply projects, ensuring safe drinking water for 226,000 residents across 10 towns [1] - The province has signed financing agreements exceeding 800 million yuan for various rural water supply projects, indicating strong financial support for water infrastructure development [1] - Historically, water infrastructure projects relied heavily on government funding due to their public welfare nature, but the need for a diversified financing approach has become evident [1][2] Group 2 - Non-fiscal funding for water investment has significantly increased from an average of 1.59 billion yuan during the 13th Five-Year Plan to 5.56 billion yuan in the 14th Five-Year Plan, representing a growth in annual investment share from 16.4% to 28.0% [2] - Cumulatively, the province has completed water investments totaling 79.68 billion yuan in the first four years of the 14th Five-Year Plan, marking an increase of 31.19 billion yuan or 64.3% compared to the entire 13th Five-Year Plan [2] - Innovative financing mechanisms have attracted social capital into water investment, with projects like the 1.4 billion yuan South Sha River Basin environmental remediation project successfully securing a loan from the BRICS New Development Bank [2][3] Group 3 - The province is actively implementing policies to enhance water investment, including local government special bonds and public-private partnerships (PPP), to facilitate the financing of water projects [3] - Future efforts will focus on maximizing the use of national and provincial financing policies to gather funds for water project implementation [3]