According to the Department of Water Resources of Shandong Province, Shandong Province will continue to strengthen water conservancy construction in 2012. The annual investment in water conservancy construction will exceed 20 billion yuan, and will continue to grow on a higher basis in 2011. According to statistics, in 2011, the water conservancy investment in Shandong reached 17.5 billion yuan, of which 14.8 billion yuan was spent on water conservancy projects above the provincial level. It was Shandong Province's previous largest investment in water conservancy construction, the fastest construction speed, and the best performance for the year.

Du Changwen, director of the Department of Water Resources of Shandong Province, said that 2012 will be a tough year for accelerating the reform and development of water conservancy. Shandong will work hard to crack down on the "bottleneck" of water shortages, eliminate floods and disasters, and lag behind in governing water conservancy. "Injury," and making up for the "weak" water infrastructure infrastructure, achieved new results, and comprehensively promoted the construction of modern water conservancy demonstration provinces to provide sustainable water conservancy safety guarantees for economic and social development. According to preliminary calculations, the investment demand for water conservancy construction in the province will exceed 20 billion yuan this year, and will continue to grow on the high base in 2011.

According to reports, Shandong Province will solve the problem of drinking water safety for 4.6 million rural residents this year. By the end of the year, the 68 rivers planned for the province's 2008-2012 plan and the 86 rivers that were included in the country's 2009-2012 plan will be completed. Construction of 18 large and medium-sized dangerous reservoirs and 30 large and medium-sized sluices to eliminate dangers and reinforcements was started. The task of reinforcing 151 key small-scale dangerous reservoirs within the plan was completed, and efforts were made to build 7 million mu of high-standard farmland during the year. Complete 88 annual construction tasks for key small-scale agriculture and water-producing counties, radically improve irrigation and drainage conditions for 5 million mu of farmland, and develop 3.8 million mu of water-saving irrigation area.