February 12, 2001, the first month on the 20th (Government House), plans to invest 13.1 billion yuan for the construction of the Three Gorges Project.


Three Gorges Project is an important part of the Yangtze River Flood Control System. After the completion of the project, will be the formation of storage capacity of 39.3 billion cubic meters of "Gaoxiapinghu, Lan Hong 22.15 billion cubic meters, equivalent to four Jingjiang flood diversion area of ​​flood storage, Jingjiang River flood standards from ten year return period "to" once-in-a-century.
the Three Gorges Project is the world's largest hydropower station, installed capacity of 18.2 million kilowatts, the average annual generation of 84.68 billion kwh. In addition to the power supply in Chongqing, the main energy near the east central and eastern China. The development of the Three Gorges equivalent construction with an annual output of 40 million tons of raw coal, or an annual output of 21 million tons of crude oil in the huge coal mines, oil fields, and is cheap, clean, and never have to worry about the depletion of energy. Three Gorges Project,
Three Gorges Project Construction "target =" _blank "> so defiant of the Yangtze River in this paragraph relieve traffic artery, throughout the eastern and western China will become a veritable" golden waterway "have figures for the card: Yichang to Chongqing Yangtze River waterway is tranquil river-type reservoir-ton fleet direct access to the port of Chongqing, the waterway one-way annual capacity by about 10 million tons to 50 million tons, transportation costs can be reduced by 35 % -37%, on starting the Yibin next to 3000 kilometers smooth flow of the main stream of the Yangtze Delta routes to Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing, four major economic zone will be closely linked.