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400 Trillion Yuan to Boost Chinas 400 Trillion Yuan to Boost Chinas 440000 TTrriilllliioonn YYuuaann ttoo BBoooosstt CChhiinnaass Water Infrastructure Water Infrastructure WWaatteerrIInnffrraassttrruuccttuurree 2011-02-03 09:44:32 CRIENGLISH.com WebEditor: WangWei China will invest 4 trillion yuan, the largest sum ever,to boost its water infrastructure for the next ten years. Experts believe that building adequate water infrastructure has become an urgent issue,due tofrequent floods anddroughts. Tingting has more. Sun Fenggang, head of Guishu County in Shandong Province, has a headache ashe leads the rural county forward. My county is not rich in water resources, but we have to watch more than 1 billion cubic meters of water get wasted annually due to out-dated water facilities. Weve made a seriesof plans to improve our water usage. Sun Fenggang says he is glad to learn about the central governments plan to boost water infrastructure construction. The Ministry of Water Resources says the plan focuses on the repairing and maintenance of old reservoirs, reinforcing water facilitiesto withstand disasters, and ensuring drinking water safety and water conservation. Total investment may amount up to four trillion yuan, or more than 600 billion U.S. dollars during the next 10 years, as disclosed by sources from the Department of WaterResources of Sichuan Province. Li Binglong, a professor from China Agricultural University, says this move is triggered by Chinas urgent need to cope with frequent natural disasters in recent years. The western and northern part of China is the granary of the countrys grain harvest. These areas are threatened by naturally disasters. The investments would build sound water facilities to guarantee peoples daily water supply and a proper amount of irrigationwater, even under extreme conditions. In the past five years, only 100 billion yuan went to thisarea in China annually, far below the 650 billion yua