There are many rivers and lakes in Maoming, including 82 rivers with a catchment area of 50 square kilometers to 3,000 sq km, totaling 2,750 km. As a result, the city relies on its rivers and lakes to drive local economic development.
A Maoming tilapia promotion meeting was held recently in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.
Maoming has 489 reservoirs, with a total capacity of 2 billion cubic meters.
From January to September, Maoming recorded an excellent air quality rate of 97.8 percent, ranking second in Guangdong province.
To date, Maoming Open-pit Mine Ecological Park has restored about 9,000 mu (600 hectares) green areas and planted more than 500,000 trees, with the survival rate of tree species reahing more than 85 percent.
The Douzhouli Cultural and Creative Street project in Xinyi, a county-level city in Maoming, will have its soft opening next month.