Three Gorges Project improves shipping ability of Yangtze River

    YICHANG, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Shipping ability of Yangtze River has been improved since the reservoir of the Three Gorges opened sluices in 2003, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of the China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, on Sunday.  Full story >>

China begins check on right bank dam of Three Gorges Project

    YICHANG, Hubei, May 14 (Xinhua) -- China began check on the dam on the right bank of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze Riverat Yichang, central China's Hubei Province on Sunday.  A total of 43 experts were dispatched by the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee under the State Council, or China's cabinet, to inspect the quality of the project. Full story >>

Govt approves water rise in Three Gorges Reservoir

Water spills from the flood discharge holes of the Three Gorges Dam in Yichang of central China's Hubei province May 12, 2006. Continual rainfalls in the upper reaches of Yangtze River brought the middle reaches into this year's flood season. (Xinhua Photo)

    BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, the country's cabinet, approved at a conference on Friday the raising of the water level in the Three Gorges Reservoir to 156 meters.

    The conference was hosted by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who is also chairman of the Committee for Construction of Three Gorges Project (CCTGP). Chinese Vice Premier and vice chairman of the CCTGP Zeng Peiyan, and Chinese State Councilor Hua Jianmin also appeared at the conference.

    According to the 15th conference held by the CCTGP and chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao, the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, will soon reach its target height of 185 meters and begin to play its role in flood-control, power generation and shipping. Full story >>

1st turbo-generator installed on Yangtze's southern bank

    YICHANG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese construction workers have started to install the first of the 12 more turbo-generators planned for the southern bank of the Yangtze River with the Three Gorges Project.

    And the installation of the No. 26 turbo-generator, made by Harbin Electric Machinery Plant in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, began Thursday and will be finished in August 2007, said sources from China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation. Full story >>

More hydro-electric plants to be constructed on Yangtze River

YICHANG, May 13 (Xinhua) -- About 100 new hydro-electric plants will be built on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and its numerous branches in the forthcoming two decades.     Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation (CYRTGPDC), said there would be an unprecedented favorable development opportunity in hydro-electric development in the future 20 years. Full story >> [1] [2] [3] [4]

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