[staff]

The forumer 02tonyl has a great thread going on in the Chinese section of SkyscraperCity, listing a selection of the really outstanding projects that are in the pipeline, u/c or has recently been completed in China. I thought I'd present a few of them here as well. :tup:


Let's start with...


"5 Verticals and 7 Horizontals" National Trunk Road Network
- The largest motorway project in the world

Total Investment: 900 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 1991 - 2020

5 Verticals:

Tongjiang - Sanyan (5700 km)
Beijing - Fuzhou (2540 km)
Beijing - Zhuhai (2310 km)
Erlianhaote - Hekou (3610 km, Erlianhaote-Taiyuan-Xian-Chengdu-Kunming-Hekou)
Chongqing - Zhanjiang (1430 km)

7 Horizontals

Suifenhe - Manzhouli (1280 km)
Dandong - Lhasa (4590 km)
Qingdao - Yinchuan (1610 km)
Lianyungang - Huoerguosi (3980 km)
Shanghai - Chengdu (2770 km)
Shanghai - Ruili (4900 km)
Henyang - Kunming (1980 km)

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 (T3)
-the world's largest stand-alone structure

Total Investment: 25 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2004 - 2008

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Beijing-Shanghai Highspeed Railway

Total Investment: 220 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2008 - 2010 (2013?)

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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"Go West" Development Project

Total Investment: over 850 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2000 - 2020

Including:

Qinghai-Tibet Railway: 33 Billion Yuan
West-2-East Power Transmission: 526.5 Billion Yuan
West-2-East Gas Pipeline: 209.7 Billion Yuan
Chongqing Lightrail (3 lines): 45.5 Billion Yuan
Xian-Nanjing Railway: 23.5 Billion Yuan
Chongqing-Huaihua Railway: 20 Billion Yuan
Lanzhou-Chongqing Oi Pipeline: 15 Billion Yuan
XianYan International Airport: 7.3 Billion Yuan
etc....

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Beijing Railway Station South

Total Investment: 6.3 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2006 -2008

Construction Area: 226,000 m2
5 levels, 2 above, 3 below ground
13 platforms and 24 tracks
lounge can accomodate 10,500 passengers
Metro lines 4 and 14 serve the station

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Hangzhou Bay Bridge (36km)

Total Investment: 16 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2003.11.14 - 2008.5.1

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

[ltsmotorsport]

Simply amazing. If only the US would invest in infrastructure like this.

[1ajs]

wait till china has to pay to maintain this stuff...

but dam thats some big as projects

that last one has an observation tower in the midle?

[staff]

Thanks for the replies, guys. :)


Highspeed Railway Network

Total Investment: not less than 2000 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2007 - 2020

Main Network by 2010
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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Caofeidian Industrial Development Zone

Total Investment: 230 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2005 - 2020

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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South To North Water Transfer Project
- the world's largest water conservancy project

Total Investment: 500 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2002 - 2020

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工程内容

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Su-Tong Yangtze Bridge
-one of 165 bridges on the Yangtze River

Total Investment: 7.9 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2003 -2008

Steel used: 250,000 tons
Concrete poured: 1.4 million cubic metres
Length: 32.4 km
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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Shanghai LinGang(Portside) New City

Land Area: 300 km^2
Total Investment: 150 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2000 - 2020
The city is divided into two parts: the living quarters and the industrial zone, with the former laid out around the "Water Drop" Lake (5.6 km^2) and the latter consisting of the main industrial zone, the heavy equipment manufacturing zone(in which China's Large Plane Programme is located), the logistic zone and the multipurpose zone.

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Water Drop Lake
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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Shanghai Yangshan Deepwater Port

Total Investment 50 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2002 - 2020

Phaes I and II have been completed. By 2020, the port will operate over 50 deepwater berths.
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34 km long Donghai Bridge linking the Yangshan Port to mainland Shanghai
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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Wuhai Railway Station
-the Larget Inland Rail HUb

Total Investment: 14 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2006 - 2008

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

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Renaissance of Silk Road

Total Investment: 43 Billion US Dollars
Project Duration: 2008 - 2014

230 projects

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Thanks to 02tonyl @ SSC (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/member.php?u=114932) for pics and info.

[NYC4Life]

Absolutely mindblowing. Too bad for us here in the states this is only fantasy.

[muppet]

man, you just made my day. Amazing, I had no idea this stuff was going on. He should move it onto a bigger forum on SSC.

[staff]

Thank 02tonyl. I'm the messenger. :)


Much more to come...

[ltsmotorsport]

The offshore port for Shanghai is crazy. I could take a nap in the time it takes to cross that bridge.

[sciguy0504]

It's nice when you can take most of the earnings from your country men and print more money to construct these projects without environmental impact statements and little-to-no opposition.

That's why it will never happen in the US or almost any other country, for that matter.

[staff]

Please take your jealous and ill-informed bullshit out of this thread.
This is a showcase of China's mega projects only.

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Kunming Jianxin International Airport

Total Investment: 23.1 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2006 - 2008

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Xiluodu Hydroelectric Power Station
-China's 2nd Largest

Total Investment: 79.2 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2005 - 2015
Dam Height: 278 m
Capacity: 12.6 Million kW, Generating 57.12 Billion kWh

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Xiangjiaban Hydro Power Station
-China's 3rd Largest

Total Investment: 43.4 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2008 - 2015
Reservoir Area: 95.6 km^2
Capacity: 6 Million kW, Generating 30.75 Billion kW.h

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Five hundred meters Aperture Spherical Telescope(FAST)

Total Investment: 627 Million Yuan
Project Duration: 2008 - 2013

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在贵州省平塘县克度镇一片名叫大窝凼的喀斯特洼地中，将架起能够探寻和接受可能存在“地外文明”信息的目前世界上最大单口径射电天文望远镜—500米口径球面射电望远镜，这一项目有望年内开建。

500米口径球面射电望远镜（Five hundred meters Aperture Spherical Telescope，简称FAST）是国家科教领导小组审议确定的国家九大科技基础设施之一，此项目将采用中国科学家独创设计，利用贵州独特喀斯特地形条件和极端安静的电波环境，建造一个500米口径球面射电天文望远镜。500米口径的反射面由约1800个15米的六边形球面单元拼合而成。此方案改正了球差，简化了馈源，克服了球反射面线焦造成的窄带效应。利用贵州南部独特的天然喀斯特洼坑可大大降低望远镜工程造价。

它将拥有约30个足球场大的接受面积，建成后将成为世界上最大的单口径射电天文望远镜。与其他望远镜不同，它既不是架在山顶，也不遨游太空，而是在贵州一片喀斯特洼地中立足，犹如一只巨大的“天眼”，探测遥远、神秘的“天外之谜”。

FAST与号称“地面最大的机器”的德国波恩100米望远镜相比，灵敏度提高约10倍；与排在阿波罗登月之前、被评为人类20世纪十大工程之首的美国Arecibo 300米望远镜相比，其综合性能提高约10倍。作为世界最大的单口径望远镜，FAST将在未来20～30年保持世界一流设备的地位。

　　此项目总投资6．27亿元，建设期为5年，项目法人为中国科学院国家天文台。它的建设将形成具有国际先进水平的天文观测与研究平台，探寻被称为21世纪物理学最大之谜的“暗物质”、“暗能量”本质，为中国开展宇宙起源和演化、太空生命起源和寻找地外文明等研究活动提供重要支持。

国内目前最大的光学天文望远镜，在中国科学院云南天文台丽江观测站落成并正式投入运行。这台大型光学天文望远镜高8米，重40多吨，通光孔径2.4米，是东亚地区最大口径的通用光学天文望远镜之一，可通过远程控制进行自动操作，综合性能处于同级望远镜的国际先进水平。其终端配置超过3000万像素的拼接CCD相机，以及我国与丹麦合作研制的暗弱天体光谱仪照相机，主要对恒星和星系进行观测，用于恒星物理和宇宙科学研究。随着这架天文望远镜投入使用，丽江天文观测站成为我国南方最重要的天文观测基地。

FAST在国家重大需求方面有重要应用价值。把我国空间测控能力由地球同步轨道延伸至太阳系外缘，将深空通讯数据下行速率提高100倍。脉冲星到达时间测量精度由目前的120纳秒提高至30纳秒，成为国际上最精确的脉冲星计时阵，为自主导航这一前瞻性研究制作脉冲星钟。进行高分辨率微波巡视，以1Hz的分辨率诊断识别微弱的空间讯号，作为被动战略雷达为国家安全服务。作为“子午工程”的非相干散射雷达接收系统，提供高分辨率和高效率的地面观测；跟踪探测日冕物质抛射事件，服务于太空天气预报。

FAST建成后还将作为SKA（1993年由包括中国在内的10国射电天文学家联合倡议、筹划建造接收面积为1平方公里的巨型射电望远镜，耗资约10亿美元）的先导单元，争取说服国际天文界最终将SKA定位于中国。FAST建在贵州，将会对我国西南贫困山区的经济发展和社会繁荣产生不可估量的影响，为国家西部开发战略贡献力量。

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Shanghai-Chengdu Motorway

Length: 2154 km
Total Investment: 170 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2003 - 2009

沪蓉高速公路（国家高速公路网编号为G42）东起上海，西达成都，途经上海、江苏、安徽、湖北、重庆、四川6省区，贯穿中国东西，全长约2154公里，该高速公路是国家规划的“五纵七横”国道主干线公路网的重要组成部分。 现在沪蓉高速公路基本上已经全部贯通，仅剩湖北宜昌长江大桥至重庆万州约470公里还没有通，这段公路又在上海的西边，因此将这段高速公路简称为“沪蓉西”高速公路了。

沿路主要城市有：上海－苏州－无锡－常州－南京－合肥－六安－麻城－武汉－孝感－荆门－宜昌－万州－垫江－南充－遂宁－成都。

马水河特大桥是国家公路主骨架沪蓉国道主干线沪蓉西高速公路控制性重点项目之一，8个主墩中有6个高度达百米以上，以主跨200米、墩高142米、集薄壁双肢空心墩，连续六个百米以上的高墩而堪称 “百米高墩群T型刚构桥型世界之最”。大桥分为左右两幅分离式车道，其中右幅长994米已于2007年10月30日在全线率先合龙、12月9日贯通。左幅长872.5米，分22个阶段灌注。

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Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Macau Tunnel Bridge Project

Total Length: 49.5 km
Total Investment: 60 - 72 Billion Yuan
Project Duration: 2007 - 2015

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港珠澳大桥是一座连接香港、珠海和澳门的巨大桥梁,横跨珠江口伶仃洋海域，主体工程全长约35公里。项目研究始于2004年，2005年基本确定工程方案，西岸着陆点为珠海拱北和澳门明珠，东岸着陆点为香港大屿山西北的散石湾；2006年粤港澳三方商定大桥采用“三地三检”模式。该桥通车后，由香港开车到珠海或澳门，只需要15-20分钟，目前行船需一个小时。有助吸引香港投资者到珠江三角洲西岸投资,并可促进港、珠、澳三地的旅游业。

中新网2008年7月29日电 为加快兴建港珠澳大桥项目进度，广东省、香港、澳门三地政府正考虑由企业投资改为政府出资，以收费还贷的方式建设，目前三地政府已经达成共识，但最终方案还需国务院批准，最快将在8月确定。

经评估效益后，香港、珠海和澳门应按三地效益的比例是57.8%、32.6%和9.6%，摊分大桥建造费。因三地同意自费兴建连接道路，大桥主体费用比例调整至50.2%、35.1%和14.7%，而实际补贴金额则视招标结果而定。

港珠澳大桥正面临着不断上涨的融资压力，由最初的概算300亿的建设资金，到广东省省长黄华华在今年3月两会时透露其建设成本将达422亿，而6月在珠海举行的港珠澳大桥项目可行性研究报告初审结果显示，大桥建设费用将上涨到700亿元。经初步测算，若材料单价增长10%，大桥总投资将增加4%。上报批准收费50年，估计要36年半才能收回成本。
港珠澳大桥项目研究始于2004年，其工程方案已基本确定。

《港珠澳大桥工程可行性报告》推荐路线全长49.468公里,其中海中隧道6.753公里、海中桥28.825公里,桥隧合计35.578公里,投资总额估算726.67亿元。

西岸着陆点为珠海拱北和澳门明珠，东岸着陆点为香港大屿山西北的溒石湾。大桥主体为双向六车道，采用桥梁与隧道相结合的结构，以拱北和明珠的人工岛为起点，至香港边界以西的东人工岛，全长29公里。

大桥建设内容主要有：海中桥隧工程（包括海中桥隧主体工程、香港口岸与大桥的连接立交桥；澳门口岸与大桥的连接桥；珠海口岸与大桥的连接桥）、香港口岸人工岛填海及口岸设施、澳门口岸人工岛填海及口岸设施、珠海口岸人工岛填海及口岸设施、珠海侧接线。

其中主体工程总长约35公里，采用桥隧组合方案，共设6处通航孔，伶仃西和铜鼓航道处采用长6.753公里的海底隧道，与桥梁相接处修建两个各1平方公里的人工岛，青州航道桥采用460米双塔斜拉桥，江海直达船航道采用两跨220米连续刚构桥，九洲航道桥采用单跨250米连续刚构桥，非通航孔采用70米连续梁桥。 “车辆驶上大桥,在海面上通过人工岛进入海底隧道,再从另一个人工岛驶出,重新上桥”。

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[alphawolf]

Thank you staff for filling my curiosity.

[kenratboy]

OMFG WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing and keep updating things!

I see projects like this as what could pull China closer to 'the developed' world in terms of first-class facilities and infrastructure. I hope these projects are being built with some environmental concern in terms of making things better than they have been (its my sincerest wishes and hope that China starts to become more clean and modern, as its an amazing place I have to see spoiled by industry). I realize China is in a Industrial Revolution just like the US, Europe, etc. went through, and projects like these signal the end of that era and the beginning of a new and better one.

[photolitherland]

I hate to see china destroying so many of its beautiful and historic areas. I used to live in Beijing and seeing them destroy all of their history is just saddening, it really is. Not just them destroying their history but some of their most amazing scenic areas. I hope they change their ways and stop destroying stuff to just make a quick buck and stop trying to prove that they are not a 3rd world country by industrializing too quick.

[kenratboy]

I hate to see china destroying so many of its beautiful and historic areas. I used to live in Beijing and seeing them destroy all of their history is just saddening, it really is. Not just them destroying their history but some of their most amazing scenic areas. I hope they change their ways and stop destroying stuff to just make a quick buck and stop trying to prove that they are not a 3rd world country by industrializing too quick.

I hope projects like these are the first steps. Every nation (Japan, USA, Canada, UK, France, etc.) had a transition from 'screw nature!' to where things are now, and I hope that happens soon in China.

Very cool post, amazing projects.

[muppet]

more! :cheers:

[gonard]

Wow! "Staff" where do you get all this from? Since being in China I have tried my best to keep up to date on any and all projects going on, but there are a few here that I had never heard of. I guess I need to redouble my efforts!

[metroXpress]

It is quite amazing to see what the Chinese government got...they are incrediable!!!

[PA Pride]

amazing stuff. You can tell a country is serious about becoming world class when they invest in infrastructure.

[staff]

Kinda forgot about this thread.. will try and update it from time to time.

The 4 Trillion Yuan (585,5 billion USD) stimulus package:
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[staff]

CNNC readies for new nuke plant in Anhui

2009-02-25

China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), builder of the Qinshan and Tianwan nuclear plants, set up a new company in Anhui province on Wednesday to develop its Jiyang nuclear power plant.

The project, located in Chizhou, a city on the Yangtze River, is designed to have four 1000-MW nuclear reactors, with a total investment of over 50 billion yuan ($7.31 billion).

In addition to this project, CNNC will also accelerate the development of nuclear projects in Liaoning, Hainan and Fujian provinces.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-02/25/content_7512891.htm

[staff]

Monday, March 02, 2009

The State Grid Corp of China, China's leading grid operator, aims to at least triple its ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission lines by 2012, a company official said on Feb 26, according to Alibaba website.

The company plan to have 17,600 kilometres of UHV lines by 2012, Lu Jian, head of Development and Strategic Planning Department with the grid, told the 2nd Annual Power Transmission and Distribution Summit in Beijing.

The company started operating China's first UHV line in January that spans 640 kilometres from northern Shanxi province to central Hubei province and has planned to invest about 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion) in the next three or four years for UHV lines.

Later on Feb 27, officer announced that the first UHV lines between southeast of Shanxi and Jinzhou of Hubei province, has began operate.

It has started building two UHV direct current lines, linking hydropower-rich Sichuan in southwestern China to energy-hungry Jiangsu and Shanghai in the east, with each extending more than 2,000 kilometres and expected to cost 40 billion yuan in total, according to Reuters.

UHV lines allow for heavy flows of electricity with significantly lower loss during transmission, suitable for countries with vast land masses but uneven energy resource distribution.

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[staff]

By ANR @ SSC:

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-29

China's port construction, steel and power giants will pour 192.9 billion yuan ($28 billion) for infrastructure construction in Caofeidian, an island-turned development zone in the Bohai Bay in north China, according to the city government of Tangshan, which administrates the zone Xinhua's source with the government said on Wednesday that 65 billion yuan of the investment will be used for 105 infrastructure projects this year.

The 50-sq km development zone in Hebei province is 220 km to the east of Beijing. It has been designated as a model of China's environment-friendly industrial base. The projects under construction this year will equip the zone with 200 million tons of port handling capacity and an initial industrial production condition for key companies, such as the Beijing Capital Iron and Steel Group's steel plant, which moved from the capital city's urban area to Caofeidian in 2007.

The Caofeidian industrial zone was put on China's list of pilot areas for recyclable economy in October 2005. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao both paid visits to the zone. They expect it to become a demonstration area for scientific development and recyclable development.
Caofeidian has been mapped to become the country's largest steel production base by 2010. An evaluation by the country's environmental watchdog shows the steel plant will ensure 99.5 percent of solid waste and 97.5 percent of waste water are recycled. State-owned giants like PetroChina and Huadian Power Group have also made the zone their energy base.

Caofeidian, once a small sand spit in the Bohai Bay, has extended into a land of more than 50 square km through sea fillings since 2003. The frame of a modern city is beginning to take shape here as crowds of elite technicians and industrial workers swarm to the zone.

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[staff]

By ANR @ SSC:


Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Jinping Hydropower Station’s construct project of four diversion tunnels, has started during Chinese lunar new year in Jan, according to an insider from China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, and it is expected to begin to run its first generation unit by 2013.

Located on the Jinping Dam on the mainstream of the Yalong River, Sichuan province, Jinping Hydropower Station is a power base for west-east electricity transmission project.

With a total investment of 29.8 billion yuan ($4.36 billion), the station will have a total installed power generation capacity of 4,800 megawatts and will become the largest hydropower station on the Yalong River, according to Trading Market.

The new hydropower station is expected to fully start operation in 2015, partly easing the power shortage in Sichuan Province. Besides, it is to supply electricity to consumers in Chongqing City and East China, and that would help Sichuan Province to profit from its rich water resource.

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[staff]

Also from SSC
Pearl River Delta to embrace highly convenient transportation network

2009-01-08

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The country pledges to build a highly convenient and efficient transportation network in the Pearl River Delta by expanding capacities of roads, railways, ports and airports over the next 12 years, the country's top economic planner said Thursday.

The resolution was made in a 2008-2020 national plan on the development of the Pearl River Delta released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) at a news conference Thursday.

The plan sets the goal of turning the delta into the most efficient and safest passenger and cargo transport center in the Asia-Pacific region.

The move will help bolster exchange among the country's booming southern regions including the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Vice Minister in charge of NDRC Du Ying said construction on a bridge linking Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta would be expected to start in 2009 and the central government would offer 5billion yuan (730 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of its main structure.

The main structure of the bridge stretches 29 km, the longest in the world. It will connect Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai of southern Guangdong Province.

According to the plan, operational highways in the region are set to reach 3,000 km by 2012, up from the 1,900 km by the end of 2006. Rails are expected to hit 1,100 km by 2012 and 2,200 km by 2020, compared with 287 km by the end of 2006.

Cargo throughput for ports aims to ship 900 million tonnes by 2012 and is expected to climb to 1.4 billion by 2020, up from 630 million tonnes in 2006.

Airports will handle 80 million passengers as of 2012 and 150 million by 2020. The figure stood at 45.36 million in 2006.

The construction would be carried out on an energy-efficient and environment-friendly basis by using renewable energy and clean technology, according to the development plan.

As of 2020, energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) in the region will be reduced to 0.57 tonnes of standard coal equivalent and 80 percent of industrial water can be reused.

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[staff]

Wow! "Staff" where do you get all this from? Since being in China I have tried my best to keep up to date on any and all projects going on, but there are a few here that I had never heard of. I guess I need to redouble my efforts!

You should register at www.skyscrapercity.com. It's the #1 English language website for project and construction updates outside US/Canada/(Mexico?). Tons of China projects there!

[WestCoast]

lots of infrastructure. To bad the US has so much debt, so many laws and bureaucratic red tape, China is leaving us in the dust.

Those projects are amazing, thanks for sharing!