国务院第71次总理办公会议明确了近期南水北调的主要目标是：缓解京、津及华北等地区严重缺水的状况，以解决沿线城市用水为主。具体工程的实施安排应根据供水的主要目标、资金筹集和前期准备工作等情况，分别轻重缓急进行部署。南水北调工程的实施步骤 The 71st meeting of the prime ministers of the State Council made it clear that the main objective of the recent South-to-North Water Diversion Project is to ease the serious water shortages in Beijing, Tianjin and North China so as to solve the problems of water use along the cities. The implementation of specific projects should be based on the main objectives of water supply, fund-raising and preparatory work, respectively, priorities, respectively. South Water Diversion Project implementation steps