Why are there special police forces patrolling the Three Gorges Dam?

Because the Three Gorges Dam is a strategic project in China and a place protected by the state.

Introduction to the strategic value of the Three Gorges Project;

The Three Gorges Project has made great contributions to the present and benefited the future. It is not only an economic project with great economic benefits, but also an enduring social and livelihood project. It is not only a political project to show the superiority of Socialism with Chinese characteristics system, but also an ecological project to protect and restore rivers, reservoirs and wetlands. It is also a cultural project to refine the spirit of immigrants.

The successful completion of the project is not only the result of the overall implementation of the "five in one" layout at the micro level, but also proves that the overall implementation of the "five in one" layout is scientific, unified, strategic and instructive with indisputable facts. Although the Three Gorges Project is only a part of the national chessboard, it has extremely important empirical strategic value for China to implement the "five in one" overall layout of economy, politics, culture, society and ecology.

Extended data

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station, namely the Yangtze Three Gorges Water Control Project, is also called the Three Gorges Project. The Xilingxia reach of the Yangtze River in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, and the Gezhouba Hydropower Station in the lower reaches form a cascade hydropower station.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is the largest hydropower station in the world and the largest construction project in China. However, many problems caused by it, such as immigration, environment and so on, have been accompanied by great controversy since the moment it started construction. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has more than ten functions such as shipping, power generation and planting. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station was approved by the National People's Congress of China in 1992 and officially started construction in 1994. On the afternoon of June 1 2003, water storage and power generation began, and it was fully completed in 2009.

The unit equipment is mainly provided by VGS joint venture company composed of Voith, General Electric and Siemens and Alstom joint venture company composed of Alstom and ABB. When signing the supply agreement, they all promised to transfer the related technology to the domestic motor manufacturers in China free of charge. The power transmission and transformation system of Three Gorges Hydropower Station is built and managed by State Grid Corporation of China. It is expected to install 15 500 kV high-voltage transmission lines to connect to the regional power grid.

The dam elevation185m, water storage elevation175m, reservoir length 2335m, static investment1352.66 million yuan? , install 32 hydropower units with a single capacity of 700,000 kilowatts. The last hydropower unit of the Three Gorges Power Station was put into operation on July 4th, 20 12, which means that the Three Gorges Hydropower Station with an installed capacity of 22.4 million kilowatts became the largest hydropower station and clean energy production base in the world on July 4th, 20 12.

References:

Three Gorges Hydropower Station-Baidu Encyclopedia

? How to understand the historical and historical significance of the Three Gorges Project-People's Forum Network