A major water control project in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region started to store water on Saturday, according to the China Energy Engineering Group.
The Dashixia Water Control Project is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Kumarak River in Xinjiang's Aksu region. The highest dam of the project reaches 247 meters, equivalent to an 80-story building. It is the world's highest concrete-faced sand-gravel dam.
With a total installed capacity of 750,000 kilowatts, the project will generate over 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity annually, which can meet the annual electricity demand of 650,000 households.
The Dashixia Water Control Project is designed to undertake flood and drought control as a stable water source for agricultural irrigation in the Aksu region.
The project is scheduled to be fully completed and put into operation next year.
Water control project in Xinjiang begins storing water
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam met with Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, in Hanoi on Thursday.
Li, who led a CPC delegation on a visit to Vietnam, noted that the Chinese side is willing to work with Vietnam to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between the two parties, deepen cooperation in areas such as trade and economy, science and technology, press and publication, culture and tourism, and youth.
China stands ready to make solid progress in the building of the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, Li added.
Lam expressed Vietnam's willingness to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, strengthen exchanges and cooperation across various fields, consolidate public support for bilateral friendship, and work together along the path of modernization.
During the visit, Li also met with Nguyen Xuan Thang, member of the Politburo of the CPV Central Committee and chairman of the Central Theory Council, and held talks with Trinh Van Quyet, member of the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee and head of the CPV Central Committee's Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization.
Li also attended the 20th theory seminar between the CPC and the CPV, and delivered a keynote speech.
Vietnamese party chief meets senior CPC official
