２００３年１月４日，水利部部长汪恕诚在全国水利厅局长会议上指出，２００３年中国水利争取启动实施３项新“亮点”工程。一是淤地坝建设。在黄土高原地区，以淤地坝为重点的坝系工程建设可以有效拦截泥沙、淤地种粮，为封育保护、生态修复工程的实施创造条件，巩固退耕还林 On January 4, 2003, Wang Shucheng, Minister of Water Resources, pointed out at the meeting of the director of the National Water Conservancy Bureau that in 2003 China’s water conservancy would strive to launch and implement three new “bright spots” projects. First, silt dam construction. In the Loess Plateau, construction of the dam system with silt dam as the key point can effectively intercept silt and siltation grain, and create conditions for the implementation of sealing and protection and ecological restoration projects and consolidating the project of returning farmland to forestry