Yao Wenguang, director of the Department of Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention of the Ministry of Water Resources, said at the press conference of the State Information Office on the 5th that in the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will address new changes in flood protection targets such as towns and important infrastructure within the watershed, deeply understand the challenges brought about by the increase in extreme weather events, coordinate the prevention of conventional floods and superstandard floods, scientifically lay out the construction of a watershed flood control engineering system adapted to climate change, and effectively guarantee flood control safety in the watershed.

Yao Wenguang, director of the Department of Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention of the Ministry of Water Resources, said at the press conference of the State Information Office on the 5th that in the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will address new changes in flood protection targets such as towns and important infrastructure within the watershed, deeply understand the challenges brought about by the increase in extreme weather events, coordinate the prevention of conventional floods and superstandard floods, scientifically lay out the construction of a watershed flood control engineering system adapted to climate change, and effectively guarantee flood control safety in the watershed.