信阳地区处于我省南端,西与安徽交界,南与湖北毗邻,淮河横穿全地区,长达300多公里。地形地貌复杂,北临桐柏山,南有大别山,既有高山区、丘陵区,也有平原地带。由于淮干及其支流浉河、史灌河等河流防洪标准低,还有淮河上游鲇鱼山等几座大型水库工程隐患多,致使每逢汛期,往往出现洪涝灾害,而汛后又干旱严重。加之长期以来,当地农业生产方式落后,粮食产量低而不稳。所辖九县一市有相当一部分群众还没走上富裕之路。自1990年以来,我区各级党委、政府深入贯彻国务院和省政府《关于开展农田水利基本建设的决定》及《‘红旗渠精神杯’竞赛活动的决定》,每年 Xinyang is located in the southern tip of our province, west and Anhui junction, adjacent to the south and Hubei, the Huaihe River across the region, up to more than 300 kilometers. Complex topography, north of Tongbai Mountain, South of the Dabie Mountains, both high mountain, hilly areas, but also plains. Due to the low flood control standards of Huai River and its tributaries, such as Huanhe and Shigu River, as well as several large reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, flood disaster often occurs in flood season and severe drought in flood season . Coupled with a long time, the local agricultural production backward, low and unstable grain output. Under the jurisdiction of a number of nine counties and one city a considerable number of people have not embarked on the road to affluence. Since 1990, the party committees and governments at all levels in our region have thoroughly implemented the “Decision on Carrying out Capital Construction of Farmland and Water Conservancy” and the “Decision on the Spirit Cup of Hongqi Canal” conducted by the State Council and the provincial government each year