(May 31, 1994)
The Resolution on the Construction of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River
Passed at the Fifth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress on April 3, 1992
As reported in the People’s Daily (April 4, 1992):
The fifth session of the seventh National People’s Congress, having examined the proposal by the State Council on the construction of the Three Gorges Water Control Project, based on the report of examination by the National People’s Congress Committee of Financial and Economic Affairs, herein resolves to approve inclusion of the construction of the Three Gorges project into the Ten Year National Economic and Social Development Program (1991-2000). The State Council shall, by taking into consideration the realistic conditions of the national economic development and the financial and material capabilities of the state, seek to organize its implementation at an appropriate time; research shall continue towards the proper solution of the potential problems that have been identified.
Categories: Three Gorges Probe