China deals with geological disaster to cause flooding

The Chinese government on April 6 approved a master plan to improve the ability to control small and medium rivers and degraded reservoirs to prevent and prevent geological disasters. big flood.

Flood in China.

Under this plan, in the next 5 years, China will focus on dealing with emerging issues in 5,000 small and medium rivers with a minimum basin of about 200 km2 / river; 300 large and medium reservoirs and about 20,000 small reservoirs are degraded. The authorities also at the same time upgrade the flood discharge system, protection embankments at over 2,000 large-scale reservoirs as well as flood water storage areas and flood protection zones.

The area of ​​flood-stricken geological disaster prevention covers an area of ​​4.87 million km2, located in 2,058 districts.

Beijing will also make efforts to rapidly develop grass plantations with the aim of covering up to 40% of China's area and protecting the ecological environment of grasslands. These grasslands will be divided based on different functions, implementing time to exploit the pastures for livestock, harvest .

The Chinese government will also provide financial support and apply preferential policies to help livestock farmers develop production and increase income.