After the founding of New China, how did the Party and the State manage and develop the Yellow River?

Throughout the history of harnessing the Yellow River, before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the so-called river harnessing was actually limited to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and it was mainly passive flood prevention. However, the long history of river management has left many documents and classics, which are rare for other rivers in the world. This is a valuable legacy, which deserves our further study and reference.

Starting from 1946, China * * * led the people to govern the Yellow River, and the history of governing the Yellow River began a new chapter.

1949 After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the founding of the People's Republic of China), the party and state leaders were very concerned about the cause of harnessing the Yellow River. President Mao Zedong left Beijing for his first inspection. First of all, he inspected the Yellow River, gave important instructions many times, and earnestly enjoined: "We should do a good job in the Yellow River." Later, he listened to many reports on the work of harnessing the Yellow River and made important instructions on the work of harnessing the Yellow River. 1964, in his 70 s, he repeatedly proposed to ride horses on foot, return to the source of the Yellow River, and conduct field trips, never forgetting to harness and develop the Yellow River. Premier Zhou Enlai directly led the work of harnessing the Yellow River, from the struggle to "control the Yellow River" before 1949, to the compilation of the Yellow River Comprehensive Utilization Plan and the construction of Sanmenxia Project, as well as the flood fighting during 1958, and so on. Almost all the major decisions on harnessing the Yellow River were made by Premier Zhou himself. Until 1976, he was seriously ill and asked the central leaders who went to the hospital to see him about the situation after the reconstruction of Sanmenxia project. He really devoted himself to the cause of harnessing the Yellow River.