&$&$Edited and Translated by He Xin, People's Daily Online&$&$ China will spend a record high of 11.6 billion yuan, equivalent to 1.8 billion U.S. dollars, on construction of Tibet's irrigation and drinking water projects under the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), according to a release from Tibet's Water Resources Department on Tuesday. The water program will cover 16 categories, including irrigation, drinking water, geological disaster prevention and control as well as hydropower, ...

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