Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 11 (Reporter Yu Qiongyuan) According to a news release from the China Three Gorges Corporation, in 2023, the annual operation of the Three Gorges Project will be generally good, and the freight volume of the Three Gorges Hub will be 172.34 million tons, an increase of 7 percent year-on-year95%, another record high.
The picture shows a panoramic view of the Three Gorges Dam. (Photo by Tang Wei).
Among them, the Three Gorges Locks operate safely for more than 110,000 gates, more than 420,000 ships, with a cargo volume of more than 168.65 million tons; The Three Gorges ship lift has successfully completed the planned shutdown and maintenance, and the ship lift has operated safely for 4,614 times throughout the year, passing more than 450,000 passengers, and the cargo volume of the Three Gorges Hub has exceeded 3.69 million tons, and the shipping volume of the Three Gorges Hub has increased year by year.
In 2023, the Three Gorges Reservoir will have a total of 342.8 billion cubic meters of water, 24% less than the design multi-year average, and the Three Gorges Power Station will complete 802 million power generation7.1 billion kWh, an increase of 188%, giving full play to the role of energy as a "stabilizer" to escort economic and social development.
In 2023, the water quality of each monitoring section of the Three Gorges Reservoir will be mainly classified and maintain a relatively stable trend. 290,000 cubic meters, all salvaged ashore and harmless. As of January 10, the Three Gorges Reservoir has replenished about 6.7 billion cubic meters of water downstream, equivalent to the water volume of nearly 470 West Lakes, fully ensuring the water needs of shipping, living and ecology in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
The relevant person in charge of the Three Gorges Corporation said that the Three Gorges Group will give full play to the comprehensive benefits of the Three Gorges Project in power generation, shipping, ecology and water resources, and help the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.