The Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) and the Guangdong province are to form a joint task forces in a bid to solve the current salinity crisis.

A press release issued here Saturday by the Information Bureau said Edmund Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the MSAR, and Zhang Dejiang, the communist party chief of the province, agreed to set up the team during their meeting earlier the day.

The duo held the meeting in Beijing on the sidelines of the annual session of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative arm.

Macao, counting the water supply on Xijiang River which is originated in Guangdong province, has long been enduring the salinity crisis caused by the intake of the sea water during the winter season.

However, the salinity crisis this year is the worst in history.

Source: Xinhua