The late chairman Mao Zedong on a visit to the Huaihe River Commission Hefei reservoir model in 1954. Work began on the project nearly fifty years after Mao had first proposed the idea.
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A map of China's South-to-North Water Diversion mega-project. -
The Haihe River and Grand Canal. The project will eventually link the Haihe... -
Satellite image of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River. Once the project... -
The late chairman Mao Zedong on a visit to the Huaihe River Commission Hefei... -
The Three Gorges Dam and Reservoir. Declining water reserves in the... -
Beijing skyline; the main aim of the project is to ease the water shortage in... -
Satellite view of a sandstorm over north-eastern China. By preserving...