CHINESE WATER CONSERVATION PROBLEMS IN 1950

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 290
• Publication Date: April 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED 1 Sep 1950
LANGUAGE Chinese
COUNTRY China
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CHINESE WATER CONSERVATION PROBLEhS IN 1950
Methods of Increasing Agricultursl Production in China
In 1950; the Central People's Government of China decided to increase
agricultural production through improvement of techniques, flood ,prevention
and by reclaiming waste land. This productio^ was to be increased by improve-
ment of seedlings, l0~to 50 percent; by increased use of fertilizer, 10 to 20
percent; by :est control, 10 to 50 percent; and by irrigation and drainage,
10 to ?100 percent.
Agricultural areas in China ususlly threatened by flood include 48 million
mou in North China, or an average of one flood every 7 years; 750 million mou in
the Yellow River region; 70 million mou in the Huai Ho region; 121.5 million
mou in the Yangtze River regio?; and 14 million mou in the Chu Chiang region.
There are no statistics on Northeast China.
The cultivated lnnd in China is approximately 9 percent of total land
area. According to an incomplete ^,urvey, the waste land in East China in-
cludes 10 million mou along the North Kiangsu seacoast, 2.5 million mou in the
Huai Ho Basin region, 3 million mou of alkali beds in Shantung, 2.5 million mou
in the. Yangtze River Basin region, and 3 million mou along the Chekiang -Fukien
seacoast. There is a total of 33 million mou of waste land in East China, or
one eighth ~f total farm land 'in East Chinn.
CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
Kung-chfeng Chien-she, t7o 7, 1950
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East China Flood Control and Water Conservation Work, 1949-1950
In 1949, 54 million mou in East China were flooded, and over 16 million
people were affected. During this catastrophe, 12,480,000 mou in Shantung
were flooded; 17,890,000 mou, in North Anhwei; and 17,760,000 mou, 'in North
Kiangsu. '
In 1950, the total cost oP curter conservation xork for China amounted to
the value of 1:3 billion catties of foodstuff; for East China, 600 million
catties oY foodstuff.
Tie earth xork done in the spring of 1950 in East China totaled 193 mil-
lion cubic meters, including 70 million cubic meters in North Kiangsu, 60 mil-
lion cubic meters in North Anhwei, and 20 million cubic meters in Shantung.
About 5,800,000 persons were saved from spring drought.
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