BEIJING — China invested a record 921.1 billion yuan ($128.11 billion) in water conservancy facilities from January to October 2022, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.

During the first 10 months of this year, the country began construction on about 24,000 water conservancy projects, including 45 major ones.

China has been accelerating water conservancy infrastructure construction, which is expected to spur employment, safeguard grain security and facilitate green development.