The demonstration, decision process and practice of Three Gorges Project

The world-famous Three Gorges Project （TGP） is the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest water resources and hydropower project constructed in China. The impoundment of Three Gorges Reservoir reached the design water level of 175 m for the first time on October 26, 2010, which indicated that the project had met design requirements of various functionalities of flood control, power generation and navigation. To complete the project it took nearly 100 years for conception, demonstration, design and construction of the TGP. How was the conception of TGP proposed？ What kind of role should it be？ What were the different opinions？ How was the project demonstrated？ What was the conclusion of demonstration？ Those are the issues that many people care and don＇ t know about. To memorize the realization of the century dream of Chinese people and to record the history of development of TGP, the author pres- ents a compendious introduction to the project.