Jinjiang–Kinmen Pipeline

[1] Kinmen County first expressed their intention to purchase water from mainland China in 1996 when it suffered from severe drought.

[2] In June 2013, Taiwan and mainland China agreed to cooperate to solve the water shortage in Kinmen during the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement in Shanghai.

[2] The water started its maiden supply on 5 August 2018 in a ceremony named Cross-Strait Water Supply Ceremony in Chinese language which was attended by Kinmen County Magistrate Chen Fu-hai and Kinmen County Constituency Legislator Yang Cheng-wu.

[4] Separately at the same day in mainland China, a separate ceremony was held at Jinjiang City which was attended by Taiwan Affairs Office Director Liu Jieyi, former Fujian Province Governor Yu Weiguo and more than 20 councilors of Kinmen County Council.

After reaching Kinmen Island, the pipeline goes for another 300 meters inland to a water treatment plant before supplying the Tianpu Reservoir.