In the afternoon of June 8, vice premier of the State Council Mr. Wen Jiabao, accompanied by officials from Shandong Provincial Government, inspected the seawater desalination project of Weihai power plant. At the site, vice premier Wen tasted the water after secondary desalination and commented: " it tastes good! ". He also pointed out, that this is a good way for seaside power plant to solve the problem of scarce resource of fresh water. He inquired about the operating conditions of the plant. After learning that the power plant has been continuously operated for 1,963 days, he encouraged the power plant staff to work harder and contribute more to the economic prosperity of the country and he wished Weihai Power Plant every success going forward.