Numbers of the Week 659.1 billion cubic meters The actual water supply capacity per year reached 659.1 billion cubic meters, according to Chen Lei, Minister of Water Resources. Annual demand increases are less than 1 percent. The on-going construction of south-to-north water transfers will help relieve water shortage in China's northern areas. 13 in 13 In the next 13 years, China will build 13 new nuclear power stations which will produce a total of 23 million kilowatts of power. The locations will be picked from coastal provinces in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Shandong, Jiangsu, Liaoning and Fujian.