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http://english.gov.cn/2006-02/07/content_180358.htm

Water-saving agriculture promotes Xinjiang's rural economy
GOV.cn Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Xinjiang is located in the inner continental drought area. The lack of water resources becomes a bottleneck for its economic development. In order to ensure the sustainable development of Xinjiang's agricultural economy, during the 10th Five-year Plan, great efforts were put in Xinjiang in promoting the water saving agriculture; the annual saved water reached over 100 mln cubic meters. The water saving technique not only increased farmers' income, but also pushed forward the reform of agriculture production mode.

During the 10th Five-year Plan, Xinjiang's water saving work had accompanied with the whole process of the optimized allocation of water resources. It consistently improved the utilization efficiency of water resource. While intensifying the water saving reconstruction in large irrigation area, comprehensive agricultural development and quality cotton base construction, Xinjiang put great efforts in promoting spray, dripping and seeping irrigation as well as other advanced water saving technique.

Besides, the implementation of high-efficiency water saving project promoted the reform of agricultural production mode in project areas. Through setting down favorable policies, establishing new water saving system, intensifying pilot, and other measures, Xinjiang consistently strengthened the promotion of high-efficiency water saving work. During the period of the 10th 5-year Plan, Xinjiang has diffused 74 high-efficiency water saving demo projects in 45 counties and cities of 13 prefectures. With the total investment of 94 mln RMB, Xinjiang has totally constructed 276,700 mu of high-efficiency water saving irrigation area, saving over 100 mln cubic meters of water annually.

During the 11th 5-year Plan, Xinjiang will intensify the efforts on developing water-saving agriculture, so as to promote the development through saving water and build up irrigation support system for sustainable agricultural development, thus ensuring the construction of new socialist countryside.

Editor: Mo Honge
Source: Xinjiang.gov.cn