Xinhua News Agency, May 31, at 8: 00 today, the water level at Chenglingji Station, the landmark hydrological station of Dongting Lake, China's second largest freshwater lake, shows that the water level is 23.33 meters, about 3.6 meters lower than the average for the same period of many years, and the lowest water level in the same period in history. Affected by the rare drought last year, although it has been in flood for more than two months this year and experienced nine rounds of heavy rainfall, the water level of Chenglingji in Dongting Lake is still below the low low water level (24.5 meters).