Through quotes from ancient Chinese literature, CGTN brings an entirely new avenue to discover the stories behind the classics and discuss the cultural foundation of the Chinese. The series will help viewers understand the Chinese wisdom to govern an evolving nation.
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00:00 What kind of project can benefit 115 million people, including me?
00:07 What kind of project can be called a state affair, in the words of President Xi Jinping?
00:14 For eight years, we have been gathering 120 counties in the north.
00:20 It's not a big deal to support the future of the people.
00:24 Our will is the same as the will of the people.
00:29 Xi Jinping said at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
00:39 that the Party has rallied the people and led them in solving a great number of problems
00:45 that had long gone unsolved, securing many accomplishments that hold major future significance.
00:53 Among them is China's South to North Water Diversion Project.
00:58 It is the largest of its kind in the world.
01:01 For the project's middle route, the main source of water is located in Xichuan County.
01:08 Today, I've come here with Patrick Nise.
01:11 We want to see how the mega project developed from blueprint to fruition.
01:17 Xichuan County, Xichuan Province
01:20 This is our first water gate, the water drainage system of the central line of the South to North Water Diversion Project.
01:25 Since the beginning of the water drainage project in Taosha District,
01:28 we have accumulated 50.747 billion yuan in water.
01:32 What is this concept?
01:34 For example, in Beijing, how much of the water we drink comes from this water drainage system?
01:40 About three-fourths of the water we supply to Beijing is supplied by the South to North Water Diversion Project.
01:46 So we're in the midst of Dengjiangkou Lake. Let's try some water here.
01:56 Good idea.
01:57 Because the quality of the water is particularly good, it can meet the standard of the surface water.
02:03 So it can be directly transported.
02:05 Perfectly transparent.
02:08 The water is not polluted.
02:10 Just like any bottled water you can buy in a shop.
02:19 Very good.
02:21 I'm very impressed by the scale of this project.
02:26 The impact on ecology and wildlife and biodiversity must be also extremely big.
02:35 So how do you deal with this?
02:37 When we planned this project, we considered the protection of the ecology.
02:41 We built an ecological corridor along the coastline.
02:45 We also considered the environment around us.
02:49 We can guarantee that the water in our area can last for generations.
02:52 The factors surrounding the South to North Water Diversion Project are massive and extremely complex,
03:00 including a migrant issue that has been described as the hardest problem in the world to solve.
03:06 In Xichuan, 367,000 people relocated to accommodate the project.
03:13 How are these villagers living now?
03:16 So many loquat trees.
03:25 Are they the main crops?
03:27 Yes. There are about 500 to 600 acres in this area.
03:29 We have 3,000 acres of land.
03:31 In the past, people planted corn and wheat.
03:34 Now, people plant loquat trees.
03:37 Are they used to it?
03:39 Yes, they can drink loquat water.
03:40 We can get loquat water from the loquat trees.
03:42 It's a good way to support the economy.
03:44 It's provided by the government.
03:47 What about the sales?
03:49 We have a unified sales team.
03:52 A unified sales team.
03:54 So you have a cooperative.
03:55 Yes.
03:56 Do you earn more money now than before?
03:58 Of course.
04:00 Now, I can support my family.
04:03 So moving money is a good opportunity for you.
04:07 Yes. It's a good opportunity.
04:09 You are engaged in engineering, water and energy, ecological environment, economy, and immigration.
04:22 I don't know what the coordination between these departments is like.
04:27 We have established a committee between provinces and cities.
04:34 It's because of this committee that we can coordinate the departments.
04:40 So we can coordinate the departments.
04:46 President Xi Jinping quoted an ancient Chinese saying,
04:52 "Once you open the main rope of a net, everything falls into place."
05:02 Or you have a big understanding of the whole situation.
05:05 You have everything under control.
05:06 How do you understand this saying?
05:08 Don't use too much energy.
05:10 Use the energy applied in the right way.
05:15 Push the right button.
05:17 At the right time.
05:19 And then you get the result you want.
05:22 And the best result you can have.
05:25 Do you find similar philosophy or is it different?
05:33 In the West, the competition is everybody wants to be the boss.
05:38 If you want to achieve something, the most important issue you will have is the competition for leadership by everyone.
05:47 China doesn't work like that.
05:50 You have a duplication of all these tires with the party.
05:55 You have cells of the party everywhere.
05:58 In the civil society, in the economy, and also in the political system.
06:04 From the local village to the top.
06:06 They are working in the same direction.
06:10 This has to be done for the good of the people.
06:12 They go for it.
06:14 This is the magic of China.
06:16 The world is watching.
06:22 We must insist on strengthening the central leadership of the party.
06:26 We must strengthen the overall situation.
06:28 We must coordinate the party's leadership system.
06:33 We must ensure the unity of the party.
06:41 From the beginning, things have to be done correctly and well-established.
06:47 The land is for those who work it.
06:49 This is a collective work.
06:54 Well-sustained, with respect and well-developed.
07:10 In the last decades, China has grown exponentially.
07:23 The Chinese Communist Party is the world's largest party.
07:29 The Chinese Communist Party is the world's largest party.