南水北调工程既是一项跨世纪的大规模调水工程,同时,又是一项支撑我国中西部经济发展战略的经济开发工程。它的实施,将极大地缓解水资源缺乏对中西部地区,如西北、华北经济发展的制约,使其丰富的能源、矿产和土地资源得以更好地开发利用,促进中西部地区可持续发展。 The South-to-North Water Diversion Project is not only a large-scale water transfer project of the past century, but also an economic development project that supports the economic development strategy of the central and western regions of China. Its implementation will greatly ease the constraints of lack of water resources on economic development in the central and western regions such as the northwest and north China so that its abundant energy, mineral resources and land resources can be better exploited and utilized, and the sustainable development of the central and western regions will be promoted.