Table 1: Major Chinese hydro projects in construction/planning at 1 May 2004 Project River Province Size (GW) Status Three Gorges* Yangtze Hubei 18.5 commissioning Xiluodu Jinsha Yunnan 12.6 construction Beihetan Jinsha Yunnan 12.5 site preparation Wudongde Jinsha Yunnan 7.4 site preparation Xiangjiaba Jinsha Yunnan 6.0 construction Nuozhadu Lancang Yunnan 5.5 designed Longtan Hongshui Guangxi 4.9 construction Xiaowan Lancang Yunnan 4.2 construction Liangjiaren Jinsha Yunnan 4 designed Laxiwa Yellow Qinghai 3.7 designed Jinping Yalong Sichuan 3.6 site preparation Pubugou Daduhe Sichuan 3.3 designed Dagangshan* Min Jiangxi 3 designed Goupitan Wu Guizhou 3 construction Guanyingyan Jinsha Yunnan 3 designed Hutiaoxia Jinsha Yunnan 2.8 designed Jinanqiao Jinsha Yunnan 2.5 site preparation Liyuan Jinsha Yunnan 2.3 designed Ahai Jinsha Yunnan 2.1 designed Ludila Jinsha Yunnan 2.1 designed Suzhi Yellow Qinghai 1.9 designed Longkaiku Jinsha Yunnan 1.8 designed Heishanxia Yellow Gansu 1.6 designed Shuibaya* Qing Hubei 1.6 construction Gongboxia Yellow Qinghai 1.5 construction Jinghong Lancang Yunnan 1.5 construction Pengshui Wu Sichuan 1.1 designed Jishixia Yellow Qinghai 1 designed Sanbanxi Yuanshi Guizhou 1 designed 11 pumped storage projects* 11.8 designed/construction 36 other projects larger than 100MW each 11.6 designed/construction Total 143.4 * Outside western region Source: US Department of Energy (DoE), Chiang Mai University (CMU), project announcements