they started building the three gorges dam on december 14, 1994.
they started building the three gorges dam on december 14, 1994.
when did they start building the three gorges dam?
december 14 , 1994
in february 1958, as the expanded meeting of the political bureau of the cpc central committee was held at nanning (), the three gorges project () was discussed for the first time, and fierce disputes broke out. in the end, this project was delayed. over the following three decades, people continued to discuss it. in the early 1980s, people mentioned it once again, but after repeated discussions and investigations, it was again postponed. on march 6, 1992, a feasibility report was presented at the 5th session of the 7th national people's congress (npc) for discussion and resolution. on april 3 of that year, 2,633 npc members, one-third of the whole body, voted for the resolution on the development of the three gorges project, and this was unprecedented in the voting history of the people's republic of china. the three gorges project officially began on december 14, 1994.
three gorges
xiling, which forms nearly half the length of the entire three gorges region, is actually a series of four different gorges: precious sword; horse lung & ox liver; soundless bell; and shadow play gorges.









































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the three gorges dam was constructed at sāndòupíng in the middle of the xiling gorge. before the construction of the three gorges dam and gezhouba dam, xiling was known for being the most dangerous of the three gorges to travel through, with frightening whirlpools and strong rapids.
xiling gorge