Funding and Lending Problems with China’s Three Gorges Dam Project

The Three Gorges Project of the Sanseong Project in China continues to cause environmental and social crises. A wide range of activists including the International Rivers Network and Sierra Club and more than 45 international organizations are involved in this project and all its harmful elements (Lammers 1). However, due to the preliminary decision on its construction, certain consequences related to the Three Gorges Dam, in particular those caused by flooded areas are inevitable.

The world record of the largest concrete injection in the project is the Three Gorges Dam of the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei Province, China. In 17 years, the amount of concrete used for dam construction is estimated at 16 million cubic meters. The previous record was 12.3 million cubic meters owned by Itaipu Hydropower Plant in Brazil. In August 2007, in Abu Dhabi, Al Habtoor - CCC joint venture and concrete supplier Unibeton Ready Mix achieved the world record with the largest continuous concrete crucible. Pouring (a part of the Abu Dhabi Landmark Tower Foundation) poured 16000 cubic meters of concrete in two days

Great Wall and Grand Canal - Since the construction of the Three Gorges Dam Project, China has undertaken the largest project. The Three Gorges Dam will be the world's largest hydropower plant and dam, two miles of concrete and 370 miles deep, 525 feet deep. The cost of this project is higher in history than any other single building project. Since Ms. Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of the Chinese democratic revolution, the idea of ​​building a dam in the Yangtze River to prevent floods and utilize hydropower was a dream of the Chinese generation. The first construction proposal dates back to 1919, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen proposed to build a dam in Three Gorges. Since 1954, Chinese and foreign scientists and engineers have been working on project planning, design and consulting.