What is "internet plus"? How does it affect our life step by step? Simply put, "internet plus" is the combination of traditional industries and the Internet. Relying on advanced Internet technology, Internet platform and Internet industry chain, various traditional industries have deeply integrated the Internet with traditional industries and created new economic forms. Worldwide, internet plus has set off an upsurge of upgrading traditional industries.

　　In this upsurge, both large and medium-sized enterprises and small and micro enterprises are gearing up for transformation. When all enterprises are seeking transformation, relying on their unique resources, platforms and user advantages, large enterprises can often quickly connect with the Internet in a very short time. For example, Intime Department Store teamed up with Alibaba to build an online payment platform; Midea and Xiaomi married and launched intelligent induction air conditioning.

　　Faced with the transformation of large and medium-sized enterprises, some small and micro enterprises began to become anxious. The transformation of large enterprises is either a platform, a system or an industrial chain. They have rich resources, huge user groups and detailed data … which small and micro enterprises do not have. Without a platform, data, users, resources and internet marketing technology, how can small and micro enterprises transform?

　　Fortunately, the opportunities that the Internet brings to everyone are equal. Make good use of Internet technology to make the Internet the source of its own power, and every enterprise in the development of the Internet industry has the opportunity to achieve itself on the Internet.

　　This book is different from the previous books about "internet plus". There is no lofty theory or unreachable routine. It is all about concrete, operable and ready-to-use strategies for internet plus’s transformation.

　　In this book, I summed up my many years of working experience and practical experience in guiding small and medium-sized enterprises all over the country, and discussed in detail how small and micro enterprises can achieve themselves with "internet plus", and how small and micro enterprises and entrepreneurial enterprises can survive in the cracks when all walks of life are carrying out "internet plus".

　　Under the current situation, there are many entrepreneurial enterprises at home and abroad, with a large base. Faced with the opportunities brought about by the vigorous development of the Internet, many young people want to join in and break out of their own world.

　　Then, in the Internet age, young people want to start a business and small and micro enterprises want to develop. How should they do their own Internet marketing? In fact, as long as we make good use of some artifacts on the Internet, both individual entrepreneurs and small and micro enterprises can achieve good development.

　　Liu Pengfei, a young man born in 1980s from a poor mountainous area, discovered a business opportunity by an unexpected opportunity-selling Kongming lanterns. Kongming Lantern has a simple structure and almost no technical content. Liu Pengfei can do it himself.

　　After getting the salary of 1,400 yuan in the first month, Liu Pengfei fired his boss "Squid", and used 400 yuan to buy more than 100 Kongming lanterns to start e-commerce.

　　Through online inquiry, Liu Pengfei found that no one sold Kongming Lantern on Alibaba and China-made platforms, but there were merchants abroad searching for Kongming Lantern through Google search engine. Liu Pengfei thought it was an opportunity and began to make great efforts to produce Kongming lanterns. At this stage, Liu Pengfei found the first bucket of gold in his life.

　　In 2008, the number of manufacturers of Kongming lanterns in China increased sharply, and the competition was fierce. The major manufacturers started a price war. Liu Pengfei realized that Kongming Lantern must be promoted to the international market. As a result, Liu Pengfei introduced the "Flying China Lantern" to the world through Alibaba’s export link and Google search engine.

　　In August, 2008, Liu Pengfei accepted the order of 1.5 million Kongming lanterns from the third largest German retailer. He expanded the scale of the enterprise, which made the enterprise’s benefits grow by leaps and bounds again and again, and realized the soaring 400 yuan to 70 million yuan.

　　It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a platform, just use the existing platform. Without its own platform, Liu Pengfei, a young man born in 1980s, can still succeed in starting a business, which gives us profound enlightenment. In the Internet age, as long as you are good at using all available Internet resources around you, you can also succeed in starting a business.

　　What are the most available resources around us for small and micro enterprises and some individual entrepreneurs? Mobile apps such as WeChat and Weibo are indispensable in people’s daily life.

　　The pace of modern life is accelerating, and mobile phones have become an important part of people’s daily life. As long as we can make a fuss about customers’ mobile phones, we can attract customers to the maximum extent and complete the perfect connection between enterprises and the Internet.

　　How to make good use of existing resources to do a good job in internet plus marketing? We must master four modes and four stages of fan marketing.

　　What are the four marketing models in internet plus? It is a fan mode, a free mode, a mobile Internet mode and a self-media mode. None of these four modes requires enterprises to invest too much manpower and material resources, but the effect is obvious. For example, the sliding screen unlocking software means that by cutting into the user’s mobile phone, the mobile phone user can download other APP applications through sliding screen unlocking, and can get corresponding benefits, which greatly mobilizes the user’s enthusiasm for participation.

　　What are the four stages of fan marketing in internet plus? We often say "no fans, no marketing". In the Internet age, if you want to keep your fans, you need to do these four stages: First, get your circle of friends; Second, learn to run your own WeChat official account; Third, you must have your own APP；; Fourth, establish your own ecological circle.

　　Through gradual deepening and upgrading step by step, every start-up enterprise or individual can master the essence of internet plus, make internet plus’s theory and routines work for me, and do well in the Internet field.

When it comes to Skyworth Automobile, many people must be unfamiliar with it. Yes, it is Skyworth, which produces TV sets, and Skyworth Automobile belong to Skyworth Group. The predecessor of this car brand is Kaiwo New Energy. In 2021, Skyworth Group transferred the trademark to Kaiwo New Energy and officially launched Skyworth Automobile. Although it is not well-known, Skyworth Automobile has launched new energy models such as Skyworth HT-i, among which Skyworth EV6 Zhenyao Edition was officially launched recently.

The new car has only one configuration model, and the official guide price is 259,800 yuan. Although it is a new model, the Zhenyao version can be regarded as a replacement model for the 2023 EV6 elite version, focusing on "410km battery life and 12.8-inch central control screen". However, at the moment of this inner roll, buying a medium-sized pure electric with a battery life of 410km at the price of 259,800 yuan is still a very niche brand, and it is very difficult to think about it.

In terms of appearance, the new car is basically the same as the old EV6, and the overall body shape is relatively simple. The front face adopts a closed design, and the middle is equipped with a carbon fiber grille decoration, which forms a through shape with the headlights on both sides. In addition, Skyworth EV6 provides, and also designs a T-shaped LED daytime running light, which is a bit like Volvo’s Quake.

In terms of size, Skyworth EV6 is positioned as medium-sized, with a body length, width and height of 4720/1908/1696mm, a wheelbase of 2800mm, and a trunk volume of 467-1141L. The old and new models have not changed. This size level is at the entry level in the medium-sized, and the interior space performance is not excellent, but it can still be handled for daily household use.

In the interior part, the style of Skyworth EV6 is relatively simple. The center console integrates a through grille to integrate the air conditioner into the trend. Under the top model, there is also an ambient light strip embedded, which extends to the left and right of the door interior panel, adding a sense of style and technology. However, the Zhenyao version is not equipped with an in-car ambient light, which is a bit surprising.

In terms of configuration, the new car is equipped with a 12.3-inch LCD instrument, the size of the central control screen has also been upgraded from 8 inches to 12.8 inches, and it is also equipped with standard, rear parking radar, keyless start, automatic air conditioning, rear air conditioning trend, leather woven mixed and matched seats, electric trunk with memory, etc. Although it is relatively rich, there are not many bright spots, and there is no L2-level driving auxiliary feature that is more popular nowadays.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a front single motor with a maximum power of 150kW, a peak torque of 320Nm, a zero-hundred acceleration time of 7.7 seconds, and a maximum speed of 150km/h. In terms of battery life, the car is equipped with a capacity of 51.92kWh, and the CLTC pure electric battery life is 410km. Overall, the performance is average. It is not difficult to win a good share in this fiercely competitive market. Battery life is 410km + 12.8-inch central control screen, Skyworth EV6 Zhenyao version is listed, selling for 259,800 yuan

Have you learned the use of 5 million central control large screen in 2023? Personally, I feel that many people only use two or three of them, or learn a little from online videos.

The first thing to grasp is that the LCD dashboard above the steering wheel and the central control screen can be mapped, so some functional items in the central control screen can be displayed on the dashboard of the car.

The central control of the big screen is first of all the user system displayed by the car machine. This owner needs to download the Volkswagen APP, and then it is best to register with the owner’s information, and then you can enter.

After we click the interface to enter the car, we will see 20 functional items on the car screen, namely: 1. Radio; 2. Telephone; 3. Navigation; 4. Driver assistance system; 5. Media; 6、APPCONNECT； 7. Vehicles; 8. Sound; 9. Users; 10. Settings; 11. Service Center; 12. Driving recorder; 13. Pictures; 14. weather; 15. Vehicle maintenance; 16. Smart home; 17. go on road trip; 18. Small programs; 19, car manual; 20. Online video.

Among the above functions, 1 music; 2 navigation; 3 telephone; 4 car status; 5 driving assistance; 6 driving data; 7 weather; It can be displayed above the dashboard of the driver’s steering wheel.

But pay attention; Most of the functional items in the locomotive system have flow requirements; When the donated traffic runs out (usually 3G to 4G), some functions can’t be used, but settings, assistance, etc. can still be used.

In fact, as a car owner, the most used ones are: 1 navigation; 2 reversing images; 3 driving recorder; 4 music; Telephone (Bluetooth) and other items are relatively seldom used.

As a car with a landing of about 120 thousand, he can have these configurations, and he also has all the commonly used configurations in the range of 100 thousand-200 thousand for family cars.

Of course, there is no way to compare the three big parts, gearbox, chassis suspension and cars over 200 thousand, after all, they are not at the same level.

The electronic handbrake of this car; ; Automatic start and stop; All the functions are available, and there is also a constant speed cruise. This function is so practical at high speed that you don’t have to step on the accelerator for a long time until you reach your thigh.

When we are driving, most of the buttons on the steering wheel can realize the above common functions.

Tips; This car consumes a lot of fuel when driving at low speed. If it is in a congested road section or a special road section, you can switch to manual M gear and use M1 and M2 gear to pass. Just switch back to D gear when driving normally; There is no need to use the gear above M3, otherwise why buy the automatic gear? Isn’t it more fun to drive by buying a manual gear?

Since 2022, the big health trend has continued to be strong, and functional beverages have ushered in a dividend period. Nielsen data shows that in 2022, domestic functional beverage sales reached 46 billion yuan. Among them, nutritional supplements have become an important category driving the growth of the functional beverage market.

Recently, Nongfu Spring’s Vitamin Water has also launched two new flavors after seven years – prune peach flavor and grapefruit compound flavor. From the taste point of view, Vitamin Water uses the popular fruit prunes and fresh grapefruit as the fruity base in recent years, continuing the combination concept of vitamin C and vitamin B.

Industry insiders believe that it is not difficult to see from the two new flavors launched this time that Vitamin Water has been paying attention to the needs and taste trends of young people. In particular, the prune and peach flavor is very likely to lead to a new taste trend, so that near water drinks and functional drinks will be "rolled up" again.

In 2010, Nongfu Spring Power Emperor Vitamin Water was launched. Unlike later products such as charcoal and tea pi, "Vitamin Water" directly expresses the original intention of the product – hoping to help consumers meet their needs anytime and anywhere through Vitamin Water.

From today’s perspective, vitamin water is undoubtedly trendy and practical. More than a decade ago, the concept of big health was not deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and vitamin water was still a trendy concept. However, consumers still accept and recognize the name. When it comes to "vitamin water", everyone subconsciously knows that it is a beverage under Nongfu Spring.

In 2017, Vitamin Water changed its packaging, and the bright color of the drink was matched with a capsule-like bottle design and a striking letter "V", which was very visual. The packaging style has always been based on the product itself, and the capital letter "V" represents both the product name "Vitamin" and the meaning of "Victory".

At the same time, the product concept of vitamin water has reached a consensus with consumers’ needs. Consumers can clearly know the flavors and formulas represented by different colored beverages at a glance, and quickly find what they need.

Some industry insiders have commented on the uniqueness of vitamin water. At present, functional drinks are no longer exclusive to sports and fitness enthusiasts, and this category is gradually becoming a daily lifestyle drink. And vitamin water, with its outspoken product name, bright and colorful appearance and rich taste, reduces the communication cost between functional supplement drinks and young consumer groups, and realizes personalized expression.

Vitamin Water has been named a "fashion trend" brand character by young consumers, not only because of its unique packaging design, but also because the brand has always maintained a close dialogue with young consumer groups. Since 2017, Vitamin Water has sponsored and supported a number of popular variety shows and music festivals, and has cooperated with popular movies on IP. Vitamin Water’s continuous brand cooperation is not only to take advantage of the opportunity to promote, but also to support shows or cultural products to help them realize their commercial value.

On the other hand, the continuous support of phenomenal cultural products has also made vitamin water the most trendy product under Nongfu Spring, and has also gained a large number of young fans. After 2017, vitamin water has become a super single product in the functional beverage category.

As a drink that has stood with young people since its birth, Vitamin Water not only cares about their preferences but also their needs. In recent years, "smooth intestines" has become the focus of young people’s attention, which is also the original intention of Vitamin Water to launch the first prune-flavored water drink on the market. For the industry, this is very likely to lead to a new taste trend. For consumers, this is another conversation between Vitamin Water and them.

[Text | Interface, Yuan Yingqi]

Nongfu Spring, which has repeatedly said that there is no need to list, finally decided to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company that mainly produces "a little sweet" mineral water has a financing scale of no more than 1 billion US dollars, but it is a high probability event that it will enter the 100 billion market value club after listing.

We carefully read the prospectus submitted by Nongfu Spring to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and found that the company had mixed feelings.

Nongfu Spring "not bad money"

Nongfu Spring was established in 1996, and its founder Zhong Liangyi holds 87.4% of the shares. The company’s main business contributes about 95% of the total operating income. The main products include drinking water, tea beverages, functional beverages and fruit juice beverages, accounting for 60%, 13%, 16% and 10% of the revenue respectively. Among them, drinking water and fruit juice beverages have grown rapidly.

Image source: Prospectus, Interface News Research Department

According to the prospectus, Nongfu Spring has maintained steady growth in the past three years. From 2017 to 2019, the income was 17.491 billion yuan, 20.475 billion yuan and 24.021 billion yuan respectively, with a compound annual growth rate of 17.2%. Nongfu Spring achieved net profit of 3.385 billion yuan, 3.612 billion yuan and 4.954 billion yuan in the past three years, with a compound annual growth rate of 21.0%.

Image source: Prospectus, Interface News Research Department

In 2019, the comprehensive gross profit margin of Nongfu Spring was as high as 55.4%. Mainly due to the gross profit margin of 60.2% of the largest drinking water product. The gross profit margins of other categories such as tea beverages, functional beverages and fruit juice beverages were 59.7%, 50.9% and 34.7% respectively.

In terms of net profit, the net profit rate of Nongfu Spring rose to 22.8% in 2019, of which sales expenses accounted for the largest proportion of the three fees. Specifically, sales expenses accounted for 24.2% of operating income, and the most important ones were transportation expenses and advertising expenses, which were 2.53 billion and 1.22 billion yuan respectively, accounting for 10.5% and 5.1% of operating income, respectively.

In terms of cash, Nongfu Spring adopts the first payment and then the goods transaction method, and the book receivables are very small. From 2017 to 2019, the company’s net operating cash inflow was greater than the net profit of the year, especially in 2019, the net operating cash inflow was as high as 8.73 billion yuan. From 2017 to 2019, the book structured deposits were 2.04 billion, 3.60 billion and 200 million yuan respectively. The average interest rate earned was between 4.0% and 4.9%.

The sharp decrease in cash in 2019 was due to the concentrated dividend of Nongfu Spring up to 9.50 billion yuan before listing. Among them, the major shareholders received 8.20 billion yuan. Previously, although Nongfu Spring also had annual dividends, the amount was 2-300 million yuan. And the total financing of Nongfu Spring is only 1 billion US dollars.It is certain that Nongfu Spring did not choose to go public because of a lack of funds.

What is the valuation after going public?

Master Kong Holdings, the equivalent producer of mineral water in Nongfu Spring, has been listed on the Hong Kong stock market. In 2019, Master Kong Holdings’ beverage business contributed HK $39.70 billion to operating income, which was greater than Nongfu Spring’s operating income. But net profit was only HK $3.72 billion, far less than Nongfu Spring’s 4.95 billion yuan.

At present, the market value of Tingyi Holdings is 77.20 billion Hong Kong dollars, corresponding to the price-to-earnings ratio of about 20.8 times in 2019. It is estimated that the total market value of Nongfu Spring after listing is at least about 130 billion Hong Kong dollars. In fact, Nongfu Spring is better than Tingyi Holdings in terms of profitability and growth, and the market may give a higher valuation.

According to the prospectus, the drinking water market is still in a stage of rapid development. According to Nielsen’s forecast, it is still expected to maintain a growth rate of about 10% in the next five years. Compared with the beer and condiment market, the drinking water market has more room. Based on the high concentration of the drinking water market, it is also possible to produce a leader with a larger market value than Budweiser Asia Pacific (1876.HK) and Haitian Flavor (603288.SH) in the long run. The average price-to-earnings ratio valuation of beer in the Hong Kong stock market is 30-40 times. The average valuation of soy sauce and vinegar in the class A share market is more than 40 times. Based on this, we have predicted the market value of Nongfu Spring.

Image source: Interface News Research Department

The troubles of Nongfu Spring

Although the situation is good, Nongfu Spring is not a smooth road.

First of all, the drinking water business depends on the source of water, and the bottleneck facing the long-term growth of Nongfu Spring is the limited source of water. According to relevant laws and regulations, units and individuals who directly extract water from natural resources (such as rivers, lakes and groundwater) need to obtain a water extraction license and pay a water resource fee. Enterprises need to extract water according to the approved annual water extraction plan. Moreover, mineral water has the dual attributes of water resources and mineral resources. The production of mineral water should also apply for a mining license according to law. In other words, the scarcity of water sources on the one hand helps enterprises to establish high industry barriers, and on the other hand restricts enterprises to expand production capacity. It is conceivable that with the development of the industry, there are fewer and fewer untapped water sources.

The situation of Nongfu Spring’s newly obtained water sources in recent years is not optimistic. At present, Nongfu Spring has a total of 10 water sources. The main production bases are still Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, Changbai Mountain in Jilin, Danjiangkou in Hubei and Wanlv Lake in Guangdong, which were obtained before 2005. With the increase in environmental awareness, the water withdrawal from water sources obtained by Nongfu Spring in recent years has become smaller and smaller. In 2019, the newly obtained water withdrawal from water sources was only 504 thousand cubic meters per year. Although the approved water withdrawal from water sources currently owned by Nongfu Spring is much larger than the actual production capacity of the company, the company does not have the problem of insufficient water withdrawal in the short term. However, products concentrated in water sources in Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jilin and Hubei are also limited by the transportation radius.

Nongfu Spring has less water sources that can produce mineral water, which is not conducive to product upgrades in the future. In addition, the average ton price of Nongfu Spring drinking water has declined for two consecutive years, the company explained, because of the increase in sales of large-packaged drinking water with lower unit prices. In the short term, Nongfu Spring may face the risk of lower gross margins.

Due to the scarcity of domestic water sources, Nongfu Spring has begun to go overseas. Nongfu Spring has acquired Otakiri Springs, a New Zealand bottled water company. The prospectus revealed that Nongfu Spring will look for suitable acquisition targets in the future. However, the overseas market is more mature than the Chinese market, and the growth space is limited. The risk of "going out" is really not small.

Image source: Prospectus, Interface News Research Department

Secondly, Nongfu Spring also faces the problem of "succession". The company has five executive directors. Among them, the founder Zhong Shuzi currently serves as the chairperson and general manager of the company, with a shareholding of 87%. Appropriately reducing the founder’s shareholding ratio through listing can achieve the effect of optimizing the shareholding structure and reducing decision-making risks. At present, Zhong Shuzi is 66 years old and has been deeply involved in the operation of Nongfu Spring. Another executive director, Guo Zhen, deputy general manager in charge of the overall operation and production of Nongfu Spring, is also 62 years old. Zhong Shuzi, the son of Zhong Shuzi, is currently a non-executive director of the company and does not participate in daily operations. Zhong Shuzi joined the group in 2014 and is currently the general manager of Yangshengtang (Nongfu Spring Holding Company) Brand Center.

It is worth mentioning that at the same time as the listing of Nongfu Spring, another company controlled by founder Zhong Shanyuan, 603392.SH, landed on the class A share main board on April 29. The current market value is 6 billion yuan, and the daily limit has not been opened. In the Hurun wealth list in 2020, Zhong Shanyuan was listed with 14.10 billion yuan. With the listing of the above two companies, his worth is expected to rank among the top five on the rich list.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25thTitle: Three Big Data Show Benefits of South-to-North Water Transfer Project

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Shiping

　　On August 25th, the Yellow River crossing project of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project passed the completion acceptance of the design unit project hosted by the Ministry of Water Resources. So far, 155 design unit projects in the east and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project have all passed the completion acceptance of the Ministry of Water Resources.

　　According to statistics, the South-to-North Water Transfer Project has now transferred more than 56 billion cubic meters of water and benefited more than 150 million people, fully demonstrating the benefits of this project.

　　This is the view of Danjiangkou Reservoir in danjiangkou city, Hubei Province (photo taken on May 20, 2021, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yang photo

　　Major nodes of South-to-North Water Transfer Project: 155 design unit projects have all passed the completion acceptance.

　　The acceptance of the Yellow River crossing project in the middle route of South-to-North Water Diversion Project means that all 155 design unit projects in the east and middle routes of South-to-North Water Diversion Project have passed the completion acceptance, which also marks that the whole project has turned into the formal operation stage.

　　The east route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project starts from Jiangdu Water Control Project in Yangzhou City, and the Yangtze River water flows northward into Shandong. The middle line draws water from the first sluice of Taocha Canal of Danjiangkou Reservoir into the canal, and the south water flows thousands of miles, moistening Henan, Hebei, Tianjin and Beijing. Among the 155 design unit projects that have passed the completion acceptance of the Ministry of Water Resources, there are 68 in the east line and 87 in the middle line of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project.

　　The Yellow River crossing project that passed the acceptance this time is the control project of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and it is also the first time that China has used large-diameter shield construction to cross rivers. After the yellow river crossing project started in 2005, a series of technical problems were overcome. Since the completion of the project, the operation has been safe and stable.

　　The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Water Resources said that all 155 design unit projects have passed the completion acceptance, which is a major node since the first phase of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project was completed and put into use, laying a foundation for promoting the completion acceptance of the first phase of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project and the high-quality development of subsequent projects. In the next step, the Ministry of Water Resources will accelerate the preparatory work for the completion and acceptance of the first phase of the East and Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, and continuously improve the comprehensive benefits of the project.

　　Near Yujiazhuang Village, north of Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, the main canal of the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is intertwined with high-speed rail and highway (photo taken on May 24, 2021, photo of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Cai Yang photo

　　Water transfer exceeds 56 billion cubic meters: it has changed the water supply pattern in some areas in the north.

　　The first phase of the East and Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project was completed in November 2013 and December 2014 respectively. According to the statistics of China South-to-North Water Diversion Group Co., Ltd., as of 8: 00 on August 25th, the east and middle routes of South-to-North Water Diversion Project have transferred 56.324 billion cubic meters of water. After deducting losses, the east and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project have supplied 54.424 billion cubic meters of water to Henan, Hebei, Tianjin, Beijing and Shandong.

　　Experts believe that the South-to-North Water Transfer Project has changed the water supply pattern in some northern areas since it was fully flooded, and at the same time promoted the recovery of the ecological environment of rivers and lakes in the receiving area and the recovery of groundwater level, resulting in huge economic, social and ecological benefits.

　　As far as the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is concerned, the water quality of Danjiangkou Reservoir and the middle route is Class II standard of surface water quality and above. Drinking Yellow River water has been replaced by South Water in many places in Henan Province. More than 5 million people in Cangzhou, Hengshui and Handan in Hebei Province bid farewell to drinking high-fluorine water and bitter salt water for a long time because of South Water.

　　Beneficiary population exceeds 150 million: the level of water supply security has been improved.

　　The reporter learned from the South-to-North Water Diversion Group that by the end of December 2021, there were 42 cities benefiting from the first phase of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Among them, there are 24 middle-line beneficiary cities and 18 eastern-line beneficiary cities.

　　As far as the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is concerned, South Water has become a new lifeline for water supply in some large and medium-sized cities along the route. Among them, more than 70% of Beijing’s urban water supply is South Water; Almost all the water supply in the main urban area of Tianjin is south water; The level of water supply security in Henan and Hebei has also been improved due to the South Water.

　　The relevant person in charge of the South-to-North Water Diversion Group said that the total beneficiary population of the east and middle routes of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project is close to 153 million. Compared with 2020, the number of beneficiaries has increased by about 10 million.

　　The person in charge said that the main reasons for the increase in the beneficiary population are: in 2021, Hebei Province carried out the rural drinking water source replacement project, which increased the beneficiary population of South Water by 7,815,500; In Beijing, the newly-built water receiving plant using South Water has increased the beneficiary population by 1 million. Tianjin has increased its beneficiary population by 1 million.