The president has paid much attention to poverty reduction in recent years. In his New Year's address, Xi said that what he cares most about is poor people.
The project will bring innovative solutions to help China meet its environmental investment needs and achieve its climate targets under its nationally determined contribution, said Martin Raiser, World Bank country director for China.
The project started in December 2016 and is scheduled to be completed and open to traffic in December 2021.
The project in Hunan province will use the 2-billion-yuan loan to address problems along multiple tributaries of the Xiang River, a branch of the Yangtze River, the NDB said in a press release.
The president was scheduled to hold a re-election rally Monday evening in Charlotte, North Carolina, and said such campaign rallies are not a health concern.
The private survey's results accord with the official observation of the service sector, which also increased in January.
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The products and services featured at the exhibition included food and beverage, lifestyle, tourism and culture, sport and health, as well as investment and trade.
The production index of the service sector increased by 7 percent in the first 10 months of this year, while high-tech manufacturing saw a rise of 8.3 percent in value added in October, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The premier said western regions have made enormous achievements in their social and economic development in the past five years. But they still need to rely on reform and opening-up to increase development momentum and realize industrial upgrading and improvement of people's livelihoods.
The project included the installation of Optical Fibre Cable.