1998年以来,湖南省按照党中央、国务院的部署,积极实施平垸行洪、退田还湖、移民建镇工作,四年来在洞庭湖综合治理上取得了巨大的成就,2001年12月26日《湖南日报》刊发消息《洞庭湖长大五分之一》,以其恢宏的气势、严谨的结构、丰富的史料、生动的语言报道了洞庭湖增加27亿立方米的蓄洪能力,扩大554平方公里的历史性巨变,这一消息极大地鼓舞了三湘儿女再接再厉、整治山河的雄心壮志,极大地增强了湖南人民恢复浩浩荡荡八百里洞 Since 1998, Hunan Province has made great achievements in the comprehensive management of Dongting Lake in the past four years according to the arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. On the day Hunan Daily published the news that “the Dongting Lake grows up to one-fifth” with its magnificent momentum, strict structure, rich historical materials and vivid language. It reported that Dongting Lake increased its storage capacity by 2.7 billion cubic meters and expanded it 554 square kilometers of historic change, the news has greatly encouraged the Sanxiang children and redouble their efforts to improve the ambitions of mountains and rivers, which greatly enhanced the people of Hunan Province to restore mighty eight hundred holes