三峡工程建设促进西部大开发与长江流域可持续发展

Three Gorges Project accelerated the Development of China＇s West and the Sustainable Development of the Yangtze River

三峡水利枢纽是在长江上修建的世界第一大水电站，具有巨大的防洪、发电、航运等综合效益，是开发治理长江的骨干工程。实施西部地区大开发战略，加快中西部地区的发展，是面向新世纪，为扩大内需，推动国民经济持续增长的重大决策。三峡工程建成后，正常蓄水位175 m，防洪库容221.5亿 m3，将保护长江中下游广大平原湖区，使国土开发长治久安，人民安居乐业。装机1 820万kW，年发电量847亿kW·h，远景规划滚动开发金沙江上游梯级，总装机容量可达4 000多万kW，参与西电东送，促进西部大开发。三峡工程建设，将给市场带来机遇，推动长江流域可持续发展，促进中国经济的进一步腾飞。

The Three Gorges Project (TGP) is the largest water resources project in the world at present scale on the Yangtze River (YR) . Possessing Comprehensive utilization benefits mainly for flood control , power generation and navigation improvement , it will be a vital important and backbone project in harnessing and developing of the YR .Enforced the development of China＇s West and accelerated Mid-West development are important decision in new century for expanded internal demand and promoted sustainable increase of national economy . After completion of TGP . With its normal pool level of 175m and flood control capacity of 22.15 billionm#3 , it will effectively control the flood on the middle and lower reaches of the YR . With its installed capacity of 18200 MW and average annual output of 84.7 TW·h , in addition，after rolling developing the upper cascade of Jinshajiang River , it will join the west electricity transmit to East and accelerate the development of China＇s West . The construction of TGP will bring opportunity to market and promote sustainable development of the YR as well as facilitate rapid development of China＇s economy .