Flood Control Operation drill in 2023 in the Yangtze River Basin

The Ministry of Water Resources organized the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission and the water conservancy departments of Sichuan, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other provinces and cities, and the Yangtze River three Gorges Group to carry out the 2023 Yangtze River flood control operation drill. It is predicted that temporal and regional rainstorms and floods may occur in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the two lakes during this year's flood season. Liu Weiping, vice minister of water resources, said that the Yangtze River Basin entered the flood season on March 24. Recently, torrential rains have been frequent in some parts of the south, and flood control work in the flood season has entered a state of actual combat, so it is necessary to strengthen scientific dispatching and pool the joint force of defense. we will earnestly do a good job in flood and drought prevention this year.