Feature: Mainland-Hong Kong water supply project pumps lifeblood into once-parched metropolis


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025

by Xi Tianqi, Su Wanming and Liu Yinglun

HONG KONG, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Snapshot challenges on social media, exhibitions and other celebratory events are unfolding in Hong Kong to mark the 60th anniversary of the Dongjiang-Shenzhen Water Supply Project, on which the city has been relying for 80 percent of the fresh water it needs.

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