USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Society

    Experts expect drought to last until May

    By Jin Zhu | China Daily | Updated: 2013-04-03 07:20

    Experts expect drought to last until May

    People in Chongqing play mahjong on a dried-up riverbed on Monday. Many riverbeds in the Chongqing section of the Jialing River have become places of amusement for local people. CHEN CHAO / CHINA NEWS SERVICE

     

    The severe drought in parts of northwestern and southwestern China is likely to continue into May because of the hot, dry weather, authorities said.

    Higher temperatures and low rainfall are forecast for those regions this month and next, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said on Tuesday.

    By Tuesday, about 6.61 million people, mainly in Yunnan, Gansu, Henan, Sichuan and Hubei provinces, did not have adequate drinking water because of the drought, which has also affected 7.3 million hectares of farmland, the agency said.

    "At present, the drought in the whole country is light compared with previous years," said Zhang Xu, an official at the agency, at a news conference in Beijing. "But it is severe in some provinces, such as Yunnan and Sichuan."

    Zhou Xuewen, who is in charge of project planning at the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the weather and lack of efficient reservoirs are the main reasons for the continued drought in parts of China's southwest in recent years.

    China launched a plan to construct water conservancy projects in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and Chongqing to improve water storage capacity in 2010.

    "The construction of large- and mid-sized reservoirs always takes three to four years, so there will be some wait before those projects can be used for drought relief," Zhou said. Authorities' top concern now is guaranteeing a sufficient supply of clean drinking water, he said.

    Since the drought has not struck the major grain-producing areas, it will have only a limited effect on grain production, he added.

    jinzhu@chinadaily.com.cn

    Experts expect drought to last until May

    A farmer stands in the dried-up pond in Huaying, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 2, 2013 .[Photo by You Qing/Asianewsphoto] 

    Editor's picks
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    制服丝袜中文字幕在线| 午夜福利无码不卡在线观看| 久久亚洲日韩看片无码| 中文字幕乱码久久午夜| 潮喷失禁大喷水aⅴ无码| 自慰无码一区二区三区| 最近最新中文字幕高清免费| 亚洲成?Ⅴ人在线观看无码| 久久精品无码一区二区无码| 精品久久久无码人妻中文字幕| 日韩人妻无码中文字幕视频| 精品无码人妻一区二区三区不卡 | 国产成人AV片无码免费| 曰批全过程免费视频在线观看无码| 在线综合+亚洲+欧美中文字幕| 久久无码国产| 国产99久久九九精品无码| 免费无码VA一区二区三区| 国产成人无码区免费内射一片色欲| 久久亚洲2019中文字幕| 最近2019中文字幕免费大全5| 日韩亚洲国产中文字幕欧美| 亚洲精品无码成人片在线观看| 久久久久亚洲AV无码去区首| 精品无码久久久久久国产 | 成人无码小视频在线观看| 久久国产精品无码HDAV| 精品成在人线AV无码免费看| 无码内射中文字幕岛国片| 人妻无码αv中文字幕久久| 无码专区AAAAAA免费视频| 人妻少妇偷人精品无码| 人妻丰满熟妞av无码区| 久久久久亚洲AV无码永不| 久久亚洲精品成人av无码网站| 无码人妻精品一区二区三区在线 | 无码成A毛片免费| 精品无码AV无码免费专区| 日韩电影无码A不卡| 人妻中文无码久热丝袜| 一本一道av中文字幕无码|