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Construction of follow-up project for China's mega water diversion in full swing

STORY: Construction of follow-up project for China's mega water diversion in full swing SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 8-9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: BAOKANG, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG MOCHENG, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI ZHANJING, China South-to-North Water Diversion Jianghan Water Network Construction and Development Co., Ltd. 3. various of the construction site 4. various of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG MOCHENG, Xinhua correspondent "I am now in a gigantic tunnel in Baokang, central China's Hubei Province. A follow-up project for China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has entered its full-scale construction phase. The new project aims to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. This is a new move to further transfer water to the country's dry north and improve its national water network." Construction o

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate at the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province on Jan. 8, 2024. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western routes. The middle r

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western routes

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen at the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province on Jan. 9, 2024. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western routes. The middle

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers operate at the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province on Jan. 8, 2024. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western routes. The middle

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western

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CHINA-HUBEI-WATER TRANSFER PROJECT-FULL-SCALE CONSTRUCTION(CN)

(240109) -- BAOKANG, Jan. 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a view of the construction site of a water-transfer tunnel, part of a project to channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, in Maliang Township of Baokang County, Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. The water transfer project, a follow-up project to China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project, has recently kicked off the full-scale construction. The project, linking China's two mega water infrastructures -- the Three Gorges Project and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, will channel water from the Three Gorges Reservoir area to the Hanjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. Once completed, it is expected to increase the amount of water diverted from the middle route of the water diversion project to north China. The South-to-North Water Diversion Project transfers water from China's water-rich south to the arid north through the middle, eastern and western routes

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#CHINA-CHINESE FARMERS' HARVEST FESTIVAL-AUTUMN EQUINOX (CN)

(220923) -- BEIJING, Sept. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A villager carries newly-picked walnuts at a planting base in Dalin Village of Baokang County in Xiangyang City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 15, 2022. Chinese farmers' harvest festival, which coincides with the Autumn Equinox each year, falls on Sept. 23 this year. (Photo by Yang Tao/Xinhua)