申遺成功！中國再添3處世界灌溉工程遺產
水利部發布消息，北京時間26日18時，在摩洛哥馬拉喀什召開的國際灌排委員會第72屆執行理事會上，公佈了2021年（第八批）世界灌溉工程遺產名錄。中國江蘇省裏運河-高郵灌區、江西省潦河灌區、西藏自治區薩迦古代蓄水灌溉系統3個工程全部申報成功。至此，中國的世界灌溉工程遺產已達26項。
Three more Chinese projects have been granted world irrigation project heritage status, China's Ministry of Water Resources announced on Friday.
The Liyunhe Gaoyou irrigation area in Jiangsu Province, the Liaohe irrigation area in Jiangxi Province, and the Sagya ancient water storage and irrigation system in Tibet Autonomous Region were added to the global list at the 72nd meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), the ministry said.
China now has 26 world irrigation engineering heritage sites.
“裏運河-高郵灌區”工程，始建於春秋時期，是我國古代巧妙利用河湖水系、合理調控河流湖泊的水系連通工程的典範。通過閘、洞、關、壩等水工設施，連通了江蘇省高郵湖和高郵灌區，兼顧了灌溉和漕運兩大功能。工程引用京杭運河（裏運河高郵段）自流灌溉，一直以來都是全國大型灌區之一。
The Liyunhe Gaoyou irrigation area originated from Hangou Ditch, during the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC). Through sluice, hole, pass, dam and other hydraulic facilities, it connects Gaoyou Lake and Gaoyou irrigation area, taking into account irrigation and water transport functions. This made it a model for connecting river and lake systems in ancient China.
潦河灌區位於江西省西北部。工程始建於唐代。古人在北潦河南支下游修築蒲陂，開渠導水，灌溉農田千餘畝，是江南丘陵地區典型的古代引水灌溉的系統工程。延續至今，工程灌溉農田33.6萬畝，惠及人口26萬人。
Liaohe irrigation area in Jiangxi Province is a typical ancient water diversion irrigation system project in Jiangnan hilly area, since Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1912).
薩迦古代蓄水灌溉系統，位於西藏自治區日喀則市，地處高原温帶半乾旱季風氣候區，平均海拔在4000米以上。為了能充分有效利用水資源，從宋元時期開始，當地先民克服了高海拔、高寒冷等困難，順勢而為，逐步在衝曲河沿線建立起蓄水灌溉系統。歷經幾個世紀的修建，灌溉系統的利用和管理體系已趨完善。時至今日，仍在使用的400多座蓄水池，惠及人口達30多萬。
The Sagya water storage and irrigation system in Shigatse City in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, has an average elevation above 4,000 meters. It is the highest of the sites on the global list.
灌溉是農業發展的基礎支撐，對人類文明發展具有重要意義。
世界灌溉工程遺產名錄自2014年設立，旨在梳理世界灌溉文明發展脈絡、促進灌溉工程遺產保護，總結傳統灌溉工程優秀的治水智慧，為可持續灌溉發展提供歷史經驗和啓示。
國際灌排委員會（ICID）成立於1950年，是以國際灌溉、排水及防洪前沿科技交流及應用推廣為宗旨的專業類國際組織，成員包括91個國家和地區委員會，覆蓋了全球90%以上的灌溉面積。
今年與中國的3項遺產同時列入第八批世界灌溉工程遺產名錄的還有來自印度、伊拉克、日本、摩洛哥、韓國、斯里蘭卡的16個項目。目前世界灌溉工程遺產總數量已達到121項。
Established in 1950, the ICID is an international organization that seeks to boost scientific and technological exchange on irrigation, drainage and flood control. The WHIS award, set up by the ICID in 2014, aims to protect and promote irrigation projects of historical value and their scientific experience. A total of 121 ancient irrigation projects around the world have been listed so far.