Two ancient Chinese irrigation projects listed World Heritage Irrigation Structures(1/3)

Photo taken on Sept. 4, 2019 shows part of the Hetao irrigation project in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Two ancient Chinese irrigation works have been recognized as World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) by the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) at a conference held in Bali, Indonesia Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Water Resources of China. One of the newly awarded projects, Hetao irrigation project, is about 2,000 years old and has been diverting water from the Yellow River for irrigation of farmland in the Hetao plain in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The other project, Qianjinpi irrigation project, about 1,200 years old, is located in Fuzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Li Yunping)

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 4, 2019 shows the main canal of the Hetao Irrigation Area in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Xinhua)

File photo shows the Qianjinbei Irrigation System in east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua)