China allocated 19.93 billion yuan (around 2.75 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024 to tackle soil erosion, targeting 19,500 square kilometers of affected land, thereby raising the national soil-water conservation rate to 72.83 percent, China's Ministry of Water Resources said recently.

The ministry said that China has made significant progress in soil and water conservation, recovering a total of 64,000 square kilometers of eroded land nationwide.

Soil-water conservation rate refers to the proportion of areas with good soil-water conditions to the total land area of a country.

The 72.83 percent soil conservation rate, up from from 72.56 percent in 2023, reflects improved management of soil and water resources nationwide, said the ministry.