According to the Municipal Water Affairs Bureau that recently, the feasibility study report of the water resources allocation project in the Liaodong Peninsula has been officially approved by the National Development and Reform Commission. This major water conservancy project, which has been eagerly awaited by the people of Dalian, has taken a crucial and substantial step, becoming a landmark event in the history of the city's water conservancy development and injecting strong water-power into Dalian's high-quality development in the new era.

As a "double-major" project of the state, an important part of the water network in Northeast China, and the main framework of the "southern line" of the water resources allocation system of "three lines in the north, central and south" in Liaoning, this project is the "lifeline" to solve the dilemma of resource-based water shortage in Dalian. The average annual total water resources in Dalian are only 3.074 billion cubic meters, and the per capita water possession is 415 cubic meters, less than 1/5 of the national per capita level. The water shortage has long restricted the city's economic and social development and ecological protection. After the project is completed, it will provide an additional 477 million cubic meters of water supply annually, fundamentally reversing the tense situation of water supply and demand and strengthening the water safety barrier for the high-quality development of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt.

According to the report that the total investment of the project is 20.275 billion yuan, and the total construction period is 72 months. Its scale and benefits rank among the top in major water conservancy projects in Liaoning. By building the Shihu Reservoir, the Heiyuting Sluice and a 285.7-kilometer water transmission line, the project can achieve multiple benefits: improving the flood control standard of relevant river sections and protecting the lives and property safety of the people along the coast; returning 131 million cubic meters of water occupied by agriculture and adding 424,900 mu of irrigated area to ensure food security and balanced urban-rural development; returning the ecological water volume of large-scale reservoirs to make up for the shortage of ecological water use, helping to consolidate the achievements of creating an "ecological and environmental protection model city" and strengthening the water resources foundation of an ecological and livable city.

It has taken more than three years of unremitting efforts from the project planning to the approval of the feasibility study. Under the guidance of the state ministries and commissions and the leadership of the provincial and municipal Party committees and governments, the Provincial Water Resources Department has taken the lead in overall planning. Dalian has actively taken on the responsibility. The Municipal Water Affairs Bureau has led a working group jointly with the development and reform, finance, natural resources, state-owned assets supervision and other departments, improved the linkage mechanism, and closely cooperated with relevant regions. With the spirit of perseverance, they have overcome difficulties and efficiently completed the handling of all pre-requisites, demonstrating Dalian's determination to break through development bottlenecks.

Next, the Municipal Water Affairs Bureau will closely monitor key links such as design compilation, land acquisition and resettlement, and construction bidding, advance step by step with excellence, and work together with all parties to build the project into a high-quality, safe and honest project that can stand the test of history and the people. It will enable the "water of development", "water of hope" and "water of happiness" to moisten the coastal city earlier and provide continuous water safety guarantee for Dalian to make new breakthroughs in the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China in the new era.