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The 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, today (12th) is the 10th anniversary of the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Up to now, the project has transferred more than 10.6 billion cubic meters of water to Beijing. In the past decade, Beijing has greatly reduced the amount of groundwater exploitation and shut down more than 1,300 self-prepared wells. The groundwater level in the plain area of Beijing has risen for nine consecutive years. The groundwater depth has risen from 25.75 meters in 2015 to 12.61 meters today, and the groundwater reserves have increased by 7 billion cubic meters compared with 2015. There are 81 springs in Beijing that have re-flooded. Since 2019, the five major rivers in Beijing, Yongding River, Chaobai River, North Canal, Juma River and Chanhe River, have all been "flowing rivers" after a lapse of 26 years, and have been flowing into the sea for four consecutive years. (CCTV News)Trump said that he chose Kari Lake as the director of VOA.Zhengzhou plans to identify three 4A-level scenic spots. On December 12th, it was reported that through the procedures of "voluntary declaration, step-by-step recommendation, landscape review, on-site inspection and party group research", Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism plans to identify three scenic spots, including Zhongmu Zhengzhou Haichang Ocean Park, Gongyi Qinglong Mountain Ecological Tourism Zone and Guancheng Zhengzhou Shangdu Ancient City Tourist Zone, as national 4A-level tourist attractions. The publicity period is 5 working days from December 9.

The Ministry of Water Resources started the emergency water quantity dispatching of the Pearl River during the dry season from 2024 to 2025. It was learned from the Ministry of Water Resources that the first emergency water quantity dispatching of the Pearl River during the dry season from 2024 to 2025 was started at 8: 00 on December 12. According to the Ministry of Water Resources, through the implementation of this emergency water regulation, the runoff of the lower reaches of Xijiang River and Beijiang River will continue to increase, which can effectively suppress the salty tide in the Pearl River estuary and increase the water storage capacity of local reservoirs in Zhuhai and other places. The Ministry of Water Resources will guide the Pearl River Water Conservancy Commission and the water conservancy departments of the relevant provinces (autonomous regions) to closely monitor the rain, water and salt conditions in the Pearl River Basin, forecast the scope and extent of the upstream influence of salt tide, issue early warning in time, implement unified dispatching of river basin water projects, and make every effort to ensure the water supply safety of important cities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.Ma Huateng: Contributing to the economic recovery, Ma Huateng said in People's Daily that Tencent, as a digital technology enterprise, actively responded to the deployment of the country to expand domestic demand and actively explored the development of digital consumption. By optimizing consumer tools such as WeChat payment, the company tries to create and serve effective demand and promote economic cycle by testing the e-commerce business such as live delivery of water video numbers. At the same time, Tencent relies on the WeChat ecosystem to enhance the absorption and friendliness of employment and entrepreneurship. Last year, it provided employment income opportunities for more than 50 million people. In the future, Tencent will also increase investment, devote itself to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and jointly contribute to the stable and healthy development of China's economy with the vast number of private enterprises. (People's Network)An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 occurred in the sea area northeast of Fiji. According to the measurement of the European and Mediterranean Earthquake Center, at 13: 51 local time on December 12th, a magnitude of 5.6 earthquake occurred in the sea area 478 kilometers northeast of Suva, Fiji (15.201 degrees south latitude and 178.282 degrees west longitude) with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

Fourteen people have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the central part of the Gaza Strip. On the 12th local time, it was learned from the Palestinian side that the Israeli army bombed a house west of Nuseilet refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring many others. (CCTV News)Meitu, a Hong Kong stock company, rose more than 10% in intraday trading, with turnover exceeding HK$ 400 million.Cao Guo, leader of South Korea's opposition party, the Motherland Reform Party, was sentenced to two years in prison. On the 12th local time, Cao Guo, leader of South Korea's opposition party, was sentenced to two years in prison and lost his parliamentary qualification. (CCTV News)