News
School life goes on through drought
April 2
Pests ravage pine woods in drought-hit S China
April 2
Aerial view of drought-hit areas in SW China
April 1
Reservoirs not cause of drought
April 1
Government efforts ease water shortages in drought-affected areas
April 1
Science offers solutions to severe drought
March 31
Cloud seeding, well drilling adopted to curb expanding drought
March 29
Animals suffer from drought
March 30
Drought forces farmers to find new jobs
March 30
China to boost water infrastructure construction
March 29
Rain expected in drought-hit areas in next 2 days
March 29
Drought in SW China caused by climate change: experts
March 29
Cloud seeding brings rainfall to drought-hit SW China
March 28
Shrinking major lake a victim of drought
November 17
Worries rise about level of dam water
November 17
Drought forces new reservoir target
November 12
Heavy rains relieve E. China province from drought
November 10
Vice premier stresses fire prevention efforts amid prolonged drought
November 9
Drought leaves 909,000 people short of drinking water
November 9
More relief efforts urged for prolonged drought
November 5
Major Chinese lake sees drastic shrinkage
November 4
Drought threatens 194,200 people in E. China
October 31
Guangdong drought hard to swallow
October 30
Drought continues to play havoc in South China
October 27
More than 400,000 short of drinking water in E China
October 27
Three Gorges Corp. defends reservoir plan amid drought debate
November 6
China reschedules Three Gorges reservoir plan
October 25
Drought lingers in southern, eastern China
October 23
Yangtze river bank collapse
October 22
Drought continues in central, southern China
October 20
Background
A persistent, severe drought over the past months has stunted rice crop, dried up reservoirs and caused water shortage to 2.47 million people in southern China's provinces. Until Nov.5, the drought had affected 18.83 million mu (1.26 million hectares) of farmland in provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Hubei and Jiangsu and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Links
Fighting Drought In North China
South-to-North Water Diversion
Ministry of Water Resources
Ministry of Environmental Protection