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China to Direct Efforts to Construction of Water Facilities
Beijing, July 13 (KCNA) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao stressed the need to direct efforts to the construction of water facilities, speaking at a meeting on the matter held in Beijing on July 8 and 9.

To step up the irrigation reform and development is an important and urgent strategic duty related to the drive for modernizing Chinese socialism and the long-term development of the Chinese nation and an urgent requirement for guaranteeing the nation's grain safety, he said.

Hu said China will establish a water system that utilizes water efficiently and protects water resources by 2020.

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