Beijing's flood control facility played an important role in response to the recent flood, Pan Anjun, director of Beijing Water Authority, said in a news conference on Wednesday. 

"Based on flood forecasting, Beijing prepared 18 million cubic meters of space in reservoirs, rivers and lakes for flood storage 36 hours in advance. Additionally, we fully utilized flood control facilities in different streams and banks, and directed the flood in an orderly way," said Pan.

The city also used the upstream reservoirs in various river basins to block floods. A total of 25 reservoirs in Beijing exceeded the flood limit water level, storing more than 400 million cubic meters of water and effectively cutting the flood's peak, Pan added.