Who proposed to build Gezhouba first and then the Three Gorges?

In fact, there is no such thing as "building Gezhouba first, then building the Three Gorges".

Since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the central government has been considering the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. At that time, the normal high water level planned for the Three Gorges Reservoir was 200 meters above sea level.

From 65438 to 0958, the Three Gorges Project entered the demonstration stage. Later, due to safety problems, the Three Gorges Project was officially dismounted in the 1960s.

From 65438 to 0969, the Ministry of Water Resources proposed to build Gezhouba. According to the plan at that time, if Gezhouba was built, the Three Gorges Dam would not be built. At that time, the resettlement site of Gezhouba was Sandouping area, where the Three Gorges Dam is being built.

After the start of Gezhouba project, the construction of Gezhouba in Chongqing has basically started, and the urban construction area has been extended to an altitude of 185 meters, and the restrictions on capital construction in the reservoir area have also been relaxed. There was chaos in the construction of Gezhouba project, so the central government had to invite Lin Yishan, who had always opposed the construction of Gezhouba and insisted on going to the Three Gorges Project.

After taking office, Lin Yishan put forward the idea that "Gezhouba Project is to train troops for the Three Gorges Project, and the Gezhouba Project should be built first and then the Three Gorges Project".

Supplementary answer:

The first person who formally put forward "Gezhouba first, then Three Gorges" was Zhang Tixue!

As for the Three Gorges Project, planning began at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. As far as the whole Three Gorges Project is concerned, Gezhouba should be an accessory equipment of the Three Gorges Project. From a scientific point of view, the Three Gorges Project should be built first, and then the Gezhouba Dam should be built. This can save a lot of money, and the technical difficulty is much less, and the negative impact of dam construction is much weaker.

However, at the stage of demonstration, some people advocated that it is easy before it is difficult, small before it is big, and "Gezhouba is built first, then the Three Gorges".

These people are just ordinary staff, just personal ideas.

Later, due to the international environment at that time and security considerations, the central government decided to stop the demonstration of the Three Gorges Project.

However, the economic construction of Hubei province needs electricity, and Hubei province is very enthusiastic about the construction of the Three Gorges. In order to avoid safety problems, Zhang Tixue, secretary of Hubei Provincial Party Committee, was the first to formally put forward the proposal of "building Gezhouba first, then building the Three Gorges".

After argumentation, the central government finally approved the plan to build Gezhouba. When this plan was approved, there was no Three Gorges Project at all. At that time, it was not considered to build the Three Gorges after the completion of Gezhouba.

Facts have proved that the proposal of "building Gezhouba first, then building Three Gorges" is very unscientific, which not only wastes financial resources, material resources and manpower, but also causes serious sediment deposition. Gezhouba/kloc-was completed in 0/2 years, which fully exposed the seriousness of the problem!

Therefore, Zhou Enlai, then Prime Minister of the State Council, criticized himself.