Page 45 - 2017年全国水利发展统计公报

In 2017, no large scale drought occurred in the whole country and the percentage

of annual losses caused by drought disasters was 0郾 05%郾 The seriously affected
areas include provinces or autonomous region of Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region, Heilongjiang Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, Shandong
Province, Hubei Province and Gansu Province郾 The affected farmland was 9郾 946
million ha and areas with no harvest reached 4郾 49 million ha, with a direct

economic losses of 43郾 8 billion Yuan郾 A total of 4郾 78 million urban and rural
population and 5郾 14 million man鄄feed big animals and livestock suffered from
temporary drinking water shortage郾

In 2017, the funds allocated to defense extraordinary floods and droughts
amounted to 3郾 84 billion Yuan, among which 3郾 29 million Yuan for extraordinary
floods and 0郾 55 billion Yuan for extraordinary droughts郾 Thanks to the efforts of
flood control, 1郾 904 million ha of cultivated land were prevented from inundation
and 139 times of flooding in cities were avoided, resulting in economic benefits

amounting to 67郾 2 billion Yuan郾 Drinking water was provided to 4郾 04 million people

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