Publisher's Synopsis
The 100th Anniversary of China' s Water Conservancy Collection (Volume II): 100 Greatest Projects selects one hundred typical water projects in China, making an introduction to the project development, construction, management, and social economic benefit so that readers can have a comprehensive understanding of the arduous development process and the brilliant achievements of China' s water projects in the past hundred years. The book introduces a group of feature projects, such as the Jinping I Project, the Three Gorges Project, Longtan Project, among a series of world top-class power station dam projects. The magnificent dams stand one after another in the prosperous world. These grand water conservancy projects have fully used the comprehensive benefits of flood control, irrigation, power generation, shipping, and tourism. They are important instruments of the country, like the bright pearls scattered across China' s great rivers. They represent the country' s strength and the people' s wisdom and highlight the Chinese spirit and confidence.
