Experts signed a joint petition calling for attention to the impact of overdevelopment of hydropower on the fish

Translated by Sinan Chu, International Rivers

Originally published in China Economic

Originally published in Xinhua News

SHUIFU, Yunnan, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Jinsha River in south China was blocked on Sunday to make way for construction of a new hydropower project on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

紫坪铺大坝

在 岷江（长江在四川境内的支流）上游, 一个关键性的古老灌溉系统——著名的都江堰——及其周边地区将受到紫坪铺水坝项目的不利影响。2200多年以来，江 水从都江堰流过，滋养着河岸上的居民，并且保护他们免受洪水和干旱的侵袭。

Jinsha River (Upper Yangtze River) Hydropower Projects List

Location: Southwest China (Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces)

Last update: 11 November 2011

dams/proposed dams listed from downstream to upstream

Originally published in Xinhua News

China successfully dammed the Jinsha River on Thursday, marking a key step in the construction of the Xiluodu hydropower plant. When completed, the dam will be the second largest of its type in the country after the massive Three Gorges Project.

Originally published in the International Herald Tribune

JIANMIN VILLAGE, China: Last year, Chinese officials celebrated the completion of the Three Gorges Dam by releasing a list of 10 world records. As in: The Three Gorges is the world's biggest dam, biggest power plant and biggest consumer of dirt, stone, concrete and steel. Ever. Even the project's official tally of 1.13 million displaced people made the list as record No. 10.

Originally published in The Guardian

As the huge reservoir behind China's controversial Three Gorges dam begins to fill up this weekend, an urgent rescue operation is being launched further upstream to save the dam from being choked by silt.

Originally published in China Daily

Construction began Sunday on a hydropower project in southwest China which will have a third of the capacity of the Three Gorges Project when completed in nine years.