前  言

    长江三峡工程，是当今世界上最大的水利枢纽工程。 1992 年 4 月 3 日，第七届全国人民代表大会第五次会议通过了《关于兴建长江三峡工程的决议》； 1993 年开始施工准备， 1994 年 12 月 14 日正式开工； 1997 年 11 月 8 日实现大江截流，标志着第一阶段建设任务圆满完成； 1998 年，三峡工程进入第二阶段的建设。又经过 6 年苦战， 2003 年 6 月 1 日，水库下闸蓄水； 6 月 16 日，双线五级船闸开始通航； 7 月 10 日，第一台 70 万 kW 机组并网发电。至此，第二阶段建设目标全面实现，举世瞩目的三峡工程开始发挥效益，回报社会。工程开工十年，在党中央、国务院的关切关怀和全国人民的大力支援下，全体三峡建设者怀着 “ 为我中华、志建三峡 ” 的豪情壮志，不辱使命，团结拼搏，把中国人民的梦想变成了现实。在二期工程三大目标全面实现之时，编辑这本画册，旨在介绍三峡工程施工总体布置，记录三峡工程十年建设的历程，反映三峡一期、二期工程的主要建设成就。作为中华民族全面建设小康社会的重要的基础性工程，三峡工程场面壮阔，气势恢弘，技术复杂、内涵深邃，不是百余幅图片所能全面反映的。三峡工程还在建设过程中，全体三峡建设者正为第三阶段工程全面实现一流的目标而努力奋斗。

Preface

    The Yangtze Three Gorges Project (TGP) is the largest hydropower-complex project ever built in the world. On April 3 rd 1992 , “the Resolution to Construct the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze” was approved at the 5 th plenary session of the 7 th National People's Congress. In 1993, the preparation for the construction commenced, and on December 14 th 1994 , the project construction formally started. On November 8 th 1997 , the River Closure was completed, marking the successful fulfillment of the Phase I construction task. In 1998, the Phase II construction of the TGP started in full swing. After 6 years of arduous work, on June 1 st 2003 , the reservoir of the TGP started to store water, and on June 16 th , the double-lane five-step shiplock of the TGP was put into service, and on July 10 th 2003 , the first unit with 700 MW capacity was connected to the grid and began to generate electricity. So far the goals of the phase II construction have been fully achieved. The TGP, which was drawn the world's attention, began to return favor to the society with its comprehensive benefits.

    With the genial care and strong support form the CPC Central Committee, State Council and the people of the whole nation, all the TGP constructors bearing the lofty ideal of “Committed to Build TGP for China ” honored the mission with 10 years continuous joint efforts and now the dream of the whole China has come true.

    At the time of realization of the three major goals for Phase II construction, the compiling of this album aimed at introducing the layout of the TGP construction, recording the history of the TGP construction in the past ten years, and showing the main achievement of Phase I & II construction.

    As a significant infrastructure for the nation to build a well-off society in an all-round way, the TGP is grand and vigorous, complicated in technology and profound in meaning which can not be fully demonstrated only by about a hundred pictures or so. At present, the TGP is still under construction and all the TGP constructors are striving for the successful realization of the goals set in Phase III construction.