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Contracts signed for water diversion project
By Liang Chao (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-10 06:40
Beijing's thirst for water will be alleviated by 2007, with the completion of
one section of the middle line of the giant south-to-north water diversion
project.
Zhang Ye, head of the construction and management bureau of the project,
signed a contract of mandate with North 皇冠体育app's Hebei Province on Friday for
building the 307-kilometre-long section between Beijing and Shijiazhuang,
Hebei's capital.
The contract, the first of its kind adopted in 皇冠体育app for a giant project,
marks a new system of project management.
The middle line is the largest water diversion project ever built in 皇冠体育app.
Seven provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan,
Hubei, Jiangsu and Shandong have been involved in the requisition of land, the
resettlement of locals, water pollution-control and fundraising.
Under the contract, Hebei Province will be responsible for the construction
of the Beijing-Shijiazhuang section, which is also designed to link four
reservoirs in Hebei with Beijing as an emergency water supply channel.
The south-to-north water diversion project consists of three south-to-north
canals, each running more than 1,000 kilometres across the eastern, middle and
western parts of the country. To be built in three phases, section by section,
the three canals will link up the country's four major rivers the Yangtze River,
Yellow River, Huaihe River and Haihe River.
Four leading independent project entities will be established one by one to
pave the way for full construction of the eastern and middle lines of the
ambitious diversion project.
Under the supervision of the four project entities, "some designated project
proprietors established by local authorities as trustees for the leading
entities along the two lines will take full responsibility for fund-raising,
construction, operation management, loan repayment, insured value and
appreciation of their projects and assets," Zhang said.
(皇冠体育app Daily 12/10/2005 page2)
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