白城地区位于吉林省西部松嫩平原,自然特点是风沙干旱,地广人稀,素称八百里旱海。全区幅员面积46,000平方公里,耕地1,700万亩,其中易旱面积占70～80%,粮食产量低而不稳。为了战胜干旱,从五十年代初期开始兴建以机电井为主体的水利工程,目前已有各类井30,000多眼,有效灌溉面积230多万亩,这些工程在历年的抗旱斗争中 The Baicheng area is located in the Songnen Plain in the western part of Jilin Province. The natural feature is the wind-blown arid and sparsely populated area, which is said to be 800-hundred-year-old dry sea. The region covers an area of ​​46,000 square kilometers, 1,700 acres of arable land, of which drought area accounts for 70 to 80%, low and unstable grain output. In order to overcome the drought, since the early 1950s, the construction of water conservancy projects featuring electromechanical wells has been completed. Currently, there are more than 30,000 wells of various types and an effective irrigated area of ​​more than 2.3 million mu. These projects have been going through years of struggle against drought