To try to compensate for these perturbed weather patterns, Chinese officialdom has launched an unprecedented array of costly projects. These include the titanic $55 billion South-North Water Transfer Project, a massive engineering effort to construct three canals to bring water from China’s normally wet south to its arid north; a widespread campaign to dig ever-deeper wells; a nationwide tree-planting campaign; and even an extensive effort at “weather modification.”
为了降低这种麻烦不断的气候模式所造成的影响，中国的官员们不惜投入巨资，启动了一批空前绝后的工程，其中包括耗资550亿美元的南水北调工程，用大规模的技术手段，兴建三条运河，将水从以往水量充沛的南部输送到北部；此外还广泛挖井取水，打井的深度也是前所未有的；在全国范围内开展植树运动；甚至还包括了大规模的“人工气候干预”计划。