The total amount of agricultural irrigation water has increased zero in the past 14 years.

The reporter learned from the news briefing of the Ministry of Water Resources on the 14th that the construction of irrigation and water conservancy has been accelerating continuously, and the effective irrigation area of farmland in China has reached 952 million mu, of which the area of water-saving irrigation project has reached 407 million mu. The efficiency of farmland irrigation has been continuously improved, and the effective utilization coefficient of irrigation water has reached 0.52. While maintaining a bumper harvest year after year, the total amount of agricultural irrigation water has achieved zero growth for 14 years.

Ni Wenjin, deputy director of the Agriculture and Water Resources Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the country has made rapid progress in irrigation and water conservancy construction in winter and spring, with a total investment of 346.7 billion yuan by the end of March. The water-saving transformation and construction of large and medium-sized irrigation districts have been continuously strengthened. at present, the 434 large-scale irrigation districts included in the plan have arranged for the central government to invest 86 billion yuan, and nearly 60% of them have completed the investment task. The construction of a number of new irrigation areas such as Nierji and Sanjiang Plain in Heilongjiang Province has been accelerated. A total of 251 large-scale irrigation and drainage pumping stations were renovated and renovated.

Dredging the "capillaries" in the field, the construction of key counties of small-scale farmers and water reached 2450 counties, basically covering major agricultural and animal husbandry counties, and tilted to drought-prone hilly areas and concentrated poverty-stricken areas. The construction of field terminal facilities in irrigation areas, the "five small water conservancy" projects, rainwater harvesting and saving irrigation in hilly areas, and silt removal and regulation of river ponds have been fully implemented, and a farmland water conservancy project system of large, medium, small and micro has been initially formed. solve the "last kilometer" of farmland irrigation.

Water-saving priority, regional large-scale and efficient water-saving irrigation project construction. Since 2011, the area of high-efficiency and water-saving irrigation has increased by more than 93 million mu. Among them, the four provinces and regions in Northeast China have established an area of 19.6 million mu of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation, supported the development of high-efficiency water-saving irrigation in the arid areas of Northwest China, and launched a pilot project for the comprehensive treatment of groundwater overexploitation in North China. Through the implementation of the project, the comprehensive grain production capacity has been significantly improved, irrigation efficiency has been improved, and it has played an important role in fighting drought and ensuring a bumper harvest.

Ni Wenjin said: the new situation calls for a new mechanism, and the reform of irrigation and water conservancy is constantly deepening. The reform of the property right system of small-scale water facilities has been launched in 100 counties across the country, and this year, on the basis of pilot projects, we will further innovate the transportation and management mechanism and gradually realize the sound operation of the project; the comprehensive reform of agricultural water prices will be carried out steadily, and agricultural water rights will be clarified through pilot explorations. establish a precise subsidy mechanism and improve the formation mechanism of agricultural water prices; implement the total amount control and quota management system of agricultural water use, and gradually establish a restriction and incentive mechanism for agricultural water use.