WATER CONSERVATION DATA, APRIL-NOVEMBER 1953, EXTRACTED FROM CHINESE COMMUNIST PRESS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 29, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTR AL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Economic - Agriculture, water conservation
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED China
DATE
PUBLISHED 6 Apr-17 Nov 1953
LANGUAGE Chinese
REPOPT
CD NO.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953
DATE DIST. a9 Mar 1954
NO. OF PAGES 3
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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WATER CONSERVATION DATA APRIL-NOVEMBER 1953,
EXTRACTED FROM CHINESE COMhAINIST PRESS
WORK BEGUN ON TA-HUO-FANG RESERVOIR -- Tientsin, Ta Kung Pao, 17 Nov 53
On 11 November 1953, work was begun on the second-largest water conserva-
tion reservoir at Ts-huo-fang Ts'un on the Hun Ho near Fu-shun in the Northeast.
Technicians and machinery have been transferred here from the Yung-tong Reser-
voir in Hopeh.
The work will be done in two stages. The first stage involves the construc-
tion of an earth dam 41 meters high and 1,367 meters long, construction of a di-
version tunnel 556 meters long, and an overflow spillway 850 meters long and 100
meters wide. This phase of the work is scheduled for completion before the flood
season 1956. At that time, the water retention capacity of the Ta-huo-fang Res-
ervoir will be 1,859,000,000 cubic meters.
The second phase will involve installation of hydroelectric and irrigation
facilities. During the first year the work will be on the diversion tunnel fol-
lowed by the construction of the dam. Over 1,000 personnel, including all types
of technicians, engineers, and researchers, have been gathered from as far away
as Szechwan.
Since 1952, over 440 carloads of materials, totaling 13,500 tons, have been
brought to the site. Already, 11,400 meters of light rail lines have been laid.
Included with equipment from various Chinese industrial centers are Soviet earth-
moving machinery and Czech dump trucks.
YELLOW RIVER FLOOD CONTROL HEADQUARTERS OFFICERS -- Peiping, Jen-min Jih-pao,
5 Jul 53
The Yellow River Flood Control Headquarters is under the direction of Wu Chih-
pu, chairman of Ronan People's Government. Wang Cho-Ju, vice-~hu.irman of Shantung
People's Government, and Wang Hua-yun, chairman of Yellow River Water Conservation
Committee, act as vi-,h.4,--?
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Twenty-two flood prevention stations were established along the shores of
the Min Chiang, the Chia-ling Chiang, and the To Chiang. Six flood preven-
tion stations were established along the shores of the Ta-tu Ho and the Ya-lung
Chiang. The Szechwan government plans to build greater flood prevention con-
structions at Chien Chiang and Wan-yuan.
HUAI HO CONTROL WORK -- Shanghai; Wen-hui Pao, 6 Apr 53
Huai Ho control work during the first half year of 1953 included the fol-
lowing:
Ronan
Constructing Nan-wan reservoir, Po-shan reservoir; repairing Hung no, Ying
ho, Pao Ho, and Hei Ho; installing locks at Pai-sha reservoir, Pan-ch'iao res-
ervoir, and Shih-man-t'an reservoir.
Anhwei
Continuing the construction of Fou-tzu-ling Reservoir; repair work on tri-
butaries; construction of Chleng-tung-mu lock, Wang-chia-pa lock, and Yun Ho
lock; repair of Sui Ho, Ch'uan Ho, Pei-fel Ho irrigation systems. About 18 mil-
lion cubic meters of the Hung Ho in Ronan, were repaired by 300,000 workers.
About 15 million cubic meters at Ch'uan Ho, Anhwei, were repaired by 150,000
workers. The Fou-tzu-ling reservoir will be completed by 1954.
K'un-ming, Yunnan Jih-pao, 4 Jul 53
Some 14 culverts and five locks of the Huai Ho water conservation work will
be completed by the end of 1953. The Huai-an, Ch'iu-po, and Liu-to locks in
North Kiangsu, and the Meng-ho-po lock in Ronan were completed by the end of May.
The San-ho lock was opened early in July. The Kao-Jiang-cbien, Hsien-nu-miao,
T'ai-tu locks were completed by the end of June. Cement work on the Wang-chia-
pa lock, Tung-hu lock, Mo-ho-k'ou lock Wei-kou lock, and Lu-ch'iao-kou culvert
was completed. The Lao-Wang-po lock and the Chen-tsu-wan culverts in Ronan are
under construction.
Shanghai, Wen-hui Pao, 6 Apr 53
Construction of the Hsin-ch'uan-ssu lock 'of Hunan was begun on 30 March
1953. Eight cewent mixers and 60 handcarts are being used during the construc-
tion. Two medium-scale locks at Nan-hu-thou and Sai-tzu-miao are under construc-
tion.
WATER CONSERVATION WORK IN SOUTH CHINA -- Peiping, Jen-min Jih-pao, 5 Jul 53
The dike being constructed in the Chin-thou Special District, Kwangsi, will
protect 66,000 mou of rice fields. In 1953, the Kwangsi government invested 35
trillion yuan for dike repair,.dike construction, and lock repairing.
K'un-ming, Yunnan Jih-pao, 29 Aug 53
In I-Jiang Special District of YunnaA, the flood prevention work included the
following:
The canal at Ma-t'iwan, Nan-pan Chiang, was constructed.
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At the No 1, 2, 3, and 5 chus of Lu-Jiang Hsien, 29,611 workers re-
paired 47 wharfs, drove piles at 36 places, cultivated soil at 45 places, dug
out the river mouth at five places, constructed 16 levees, and the construc-
tion work totaled 15,000 cubic meters.
K'un-ming, Yunnan Jih-pao, 3 Jul 53
In T ung-hai, Ho-nsi, I-Jiang, Fu-min, Chin-ring, and Chu-ching of Yunnan,
the farmers conserved the use of water, irrigated fields, and dug wells.
According to incomplete statistics of Chao-t'ung Special District in Yunnan,
11,213 irrigation canals were dug.
Some 65,536 workers were engaged in spring river repair work in Yu-chi Hsien,
Yunnan, and 18,906 piles were driven.
Three dikes were constructed at Fu-nan Hsiang of Tung-hai, Yunnan. These
dikes-irrigated 100 rice fields.
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