Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu

STORY: Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the water diversion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA GUANGYU, Deputy director with the water diversion program STORYLINE: A water diversion project across a desert in northwest China has been in operation for more than two decades, providing much-needed water to residents and safeguarding the local ecology. In one section of the project, water is diverted from the Yellow River, China's second largest river, to Minqin, a county in Gansu Province that had long suffered severe water shortages. Construction of the project began in 1995, and was completed in 2000. The project was put into operation in March 2001. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official "A total of 1.755 billion cubic meters of water had been transferred to Minqin by the end of 2022. This has provid