China had constructed 112 seawater desalination projects by the end of 2014, with daily water output of 926,900 tons, according to data released by China's State Oceanic Administration on Aug. 6, 2015, Xinhua reported.

According to the 2014 China Seawater Utilization Report released by the State Oceanic Administration recently, seawater desalination projects are mainly located in coastal cities and islands where suffer serious water shortage.