Xinhua News Agency Beijing, June 9 (Reporter Liu Shiping) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Water Resources on the 9th that from January to May this year, China completed 410.6 billion yuan of investment in water conservancy construction, an increase of 32.1%. Among them, 13 provinces completed investment of more than 15 billion yuan.

Statistics show that in the first five months of this year, the construction of water conservancy projects absorbed 1.209 million jobs. Nationwide, 14,680 new water conservancy projects were started, with an additional investment of 609 billion yuan, 2,785 more than the same period last year, with an additional investment of 150.1 billion yuan.