Enormous China water project benefits over 120m people

The world's largest water diversion project, which transfers water from the Yangtze River in the south to the drought-prone north. - Xinhua/ANN

BEIJING: More than 120 million people in northern China have benefited from the world's largest water diversion project, which transfers water from the Yangtze River in the south to the drought-prone north, authorities said on Friday (Dec 13)

Since coming into operation, the middle and eastern canals of the project have transferred nearly 30 billion cubic meters of water to over 40 cities and 260 counties in northern China, Vice-Minister of Water Resources Jiang Xuguang said at a news conference.