[Ministry of Water Resources: Ensure the completion of the target of 1 trillion yuan of investment in water conservancy construction throughout the year] October 7th, reporters recently learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that the Ministry of Water Resources will further increase its efforts to ensure the realization of the target of starting 40 new major water conservancy projects throughout the year and completing the investment of 1 trillion yuan in water conservancy construction. The reporter learned that from January to September this year, 41,400 water conservancy projects of various types were implemented across the country, and 28 major water conservancy projects were newly started, exceeding the number started last year; 795 billion yuan of investment in water conservancy construction was completed, continuing to operate at a high level; 2.01 million people were employed in the construction of water conservancy projects. Li Ming, director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that measures such as fully advancing the preliminary work of the project, raising construction funds through multiple channels, and accelerating the project construction progress will be taken to continue to maintain a high scale of water conservancy investment.