This Day, That Year

Item from Nov 12, 1997, in China Daily: People swarm to see the damming of the Dachaoshan Hydropower Station, located in Southwest China's Yunnan province along the Lancang River, on Monday morning. The second power station on the river will have an installed capacity of 1.35 million kilowatts and will be able to generate 5.9 billion kwh of electricity a year. ...

Construction plans include 14-tier hydropower stations on the river, with a combined generating capacity of 22 million kilowatts.

China has taken great efforts to promote sustainable development by targeting higher renewable energy production.