China will keep its water conservation policies consistent and stable this year to bring benefits to farmers, a senior official said Thursday.
Authorities in northeast China's Liaoning province will shut down all of the region's underground water projects -- except for those used in emergencies -- by 2015 amid efforts to preserve water resources.
7 people have been detained on suspicion of industrial waste discharges that polluted a south China river and threatened water supplies in a major downstream city.
China invested 345.2 billion yuan ($54.75 billion) in water conservation projects last year, a senior official said Monday.
China successfully launched a meteorological satellite, Fengyun-II 07, with a Chinese Long March 3 carrier rocket Friday morning, from southwest Xichang Satellite Launch Center.