What benefits did the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal bring to some surrounding areas?

Good news! On April 28th, 2022, China made another feat. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened for the f

What benefits did the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal bring to some surrounding areas?

Good news! On April 28th, 2022, China made another feat. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened for the first time in a hundred years, which was really a historic moment. It will once again bring the development of China to a higher level. Because the "effect" brought by the flooding of the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is very strong.

Therefore, many people are very excited to see the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal open to water for the first time in a hundred years, which is a big project beneficial to the development of provinces and cities along the route.

What benefits can it bring after opening? Let's look at it step by step. To describe it in one sentence is "I don't know if I don't see it, it's shocking to see it." This is not an exaggeration, and its role is really great.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was flooded for the first time in a hundred years.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has a long history and is the main artery connecting the north and south of China. In ancient times, together with the Great Wall and Karez, it was called the three major projects in ancient China.

At the same time, the Grand Canal connects five major water systems in China, namely Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Qiantang River. The entire Grand Canal is about 1700 km long. However, some sections of the Grand Canal were blocked. As a result, the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was cut off.

Although there have been related engineering plans in the future, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal still maintains the mode of "blocking". Therefore, China once again put the dredging of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the key work.

For example, in 2002, the Grand Canal was included in the East Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. In 20 14, the 38th World Heritage Conference announced that the Grand Canal Project in China was successfully selected into the World Cultural Heritage List, becoming the 46th World Heritage Project in China.

All these show that China attaches great importance to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and China has also increased its dredging efforts after it was included in the dredging project.

20 14 September The Tongzhou-Xianghe-Wuqing section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is scheduled to be initially opened to traffic on 20 17 and officially opened to traffic in 2020.

By 20 19 10, the Tongzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal 1 1.4 km waterway was officially opened for tourism.

In June 20021,the Beijing section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened to traffic, which will create many new history. On April 28, 2022, the entire Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was flooded.

Therefore, it is not easy for our country to dredge the Grand Canal step by step through efforts. This is also the second "golden waterway" after the Yangtze River, and its value is comparable to that of the Great Wall. It is also the earliest and longest artificial river course in the world, which is probably the case.

What benefits can the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal bring?

Now that it is open, it will certainly bring benefits. We can't dredge rivers for no reason. There are three main points.

First, reduce the exploitation of groundwater. Many people should know that water resources in northern China are relatively short of water, but due to the influence of agricultural irrigation and industry, we need a lot of water resources. Without large-scale water resources, it is difficult to carry out related work.

For example, Hebei Binhai New Area, Cangzhou, Hengshui and other cities need to irrigate about 600,000 mu of cultivated land. If we continue to exploit groundwater, it may even affect the survival of northerners. After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is flooded, it can be replaced without using more groundwater for irrigation, which reduces the exploitation of groundwater.

Second, recharge groundwater. In fact, this question is somewhat similar to the above. After large-scale exploitation of groundwater, groundwater resources will inevitably decrease, and may even be continuously exhausted. Coupled with modern agriculture, the demand for industry has increased. The increase in demand for water resources will inevitably have a greater impact.

If it is serious, it will even affect the terrain conditions in the north and so on. After the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, water can seep through the riverbed to replenish groundwater along the river, and the groundwater level around the recharge river will rise or remain stable.

In this way, there will be no huge problems such as topographic changes. For example, Zhanghe River, Wenyu River and Qiyi River can replenish water. Of course, since the Universiade includes Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places, as long as you pass by, you can supply them, not just these rivers. This is the advantage.

Third, improve water source conditions. This is easier to understand. When water comes in, water will flow out, so it is definitely much better than the water source with stagnant water in the case of "cut off". Therefore, better water can be transported to the coast, which also plays an important role in improving the surrounding ecosystem.

According to public data, the length of the section north of the Yellow River of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal increased by about112km, and the water surface area increased by about 9.5km2, which improved the water resources conditions of the Canal and promoted the restoration of the ecological environment of the Canal, and accumulated experience for realizing the goal of basically having water in the main stream of the Grand Canal.

In addition to the above three aspects, the water supply for the Universiade also provides a foundation for the survival of wild animals and plants, which can enhance the diversity of animal and plant populations in different provinces and cities from north to south.

So, it's multiple effects. Of course, the most important thing is the serious shortage of water resources in the north section of the Yellow River of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the problems of water ecological destruction and water environmental pollution are still very prominent. After the opening of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, these problems will be solved, the ecological environment will be restored, the water resources of the Grand Canal will be improved, and the vitality of the Grand Canal will be restored.

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Generally speaking, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was opened for the first time in a hundred years, which had a great influence on our country. Moreover, it is not easy for our country to dredge the Grand Canal for so many years. Say another word of hard work for everyone's efforts. Of course, this is completely "gospel" for the north. At least on the issue of water resources, it can basically solve the problems in many areas.

Moreover, it is also one of the main projects of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and its value has far exceeded the value of the whole "water source".

From the overall data of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, it can be seen that by 20021,the first phase of South-to-North Water Transfer Project has transferred about 49.4 billion cubic meters of water. Among them, the eastern route transferred 5.288 billion cubic meters of water to Shandong, and the central route transferred 4.41more than 100 million cubic meters of water to Henan, Hebei, Tianjin and Beijing.

Over the past seven years, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project has reached nearly 50 billion cubic meters, benefiting 654.38+0.4 billion people, and the economic development pattern of more than 40 large and medium-sized cities has been optimized due to the water transfer. After the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is flooded, it will be able to transport more water to the northern region.

Then many areas will never be seriously short of water, and these projects will be improved. Therefore, even if the water shortage in the north is higher than that in the south in the future, the area north of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is unlikely to worry about the water problem, and it can be solved by direct and rational use of water. Friends in the north, do you feel it?