Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan highlighted efforts to ensure
drinking water safety during an inspection tour in Qinhuangdao of
north China's Hebei Province Friday.
Zeng said the "drinking water safety is very important to
people's health, which should top the agenda of city construction
and administration."
To safeguard drinking water safety and protect the benefits of
people will support the sustainable development of China, he said
while inspecting the project of diverting water from the local
Qinglong River to Qinhuangdao and other water conservancy
projects.
He praised the local officials' efforts to safeguard drinking
water safety for people and encourage them to continue
supervision.
Qinhuangdao, 380 kilometers from Beijing, was once hit by severe
water shortage. Work on a water project to divert water from
Qinglong River in northeastern Hebei to Qinhuangdao was completed
in 1991.
(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2007)
