China is investing to improve water supply

China plans to introduce further world advanced water technologies to improve flood controls and water supplies.

During the opening ceremony of the Promotion Conference on International Advanced Water Technology in Beijing have been highlighted that sustainable use of water resources is of vital importance in China.

The country is plagued by scarce and unreliable water supplies, frequent floods and droughts, serious water pollution and soil erosion.

The promotion of technologies will help China keep in line with the world's water sector,was told during the conference.

During the two-day event, more than 50 enterprises from 15 countries and regions will showcase their latest technologies and try to apply them in China.

They include computer-based systems that monitor water treatment, pollution and irrigation.

The central government has budgeted 50 billion yuan (US$6.2 billion) this year for the country's water sector.

Part of it will be invested in high-tech equipment, particularly water-saving and pollution control systems.

It will play a key role in improving geological prospecting for the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, designed for improving China's uneven distribution of water resources, monitoring water quality in key sections of the Yellow River, one of the country's worst polluted major water systems, and monitoring the soil erosion in the Loess Plateau, one of the world's worst eroded areas.