In 1954, the People's Republic of China announced its General Plan to Fundamentally Control Yellow River Flood Disasters and Develop Yellow River Waterworks. It sought to address both flooding risks and to convert rainfall-fed fields of the North China Plain to irrigated agriculture. Construction began in earnest in 1957.
in 1954 the people's republic of china announced its general plan to fundamentally control yellow river flood disasters and develop yellow river waterworks it sought to address both flooding risks and to convert rainfall-fed fields of the north china plain to irrigated agriculture construction began in earnest in 1957