China completed 7,950 billion yuan in water conservancy investment across 41,400 projects in the first nine months of 2025, the State Council Information Office said at a briefing on September 30. During the 15th "Five-Year Plan" period, China will accelerate the development of a basin flood control and disaster reduction system, aiming to add 15 billion cubic meters of reservoir capacity and raise the compliance rate of major dikes to 91% by the end of the period.