Analyzing the Nujiang Project

Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Officials of China's National Energy Administration revealed their plan to exploit Nujiang, which caused objections from many experts and scholars. Some experts analyzed factors which precipitate Nujiang hydro plan, from political, business and academic perspectives. These experts said, to exploit Nujiang will be beneficial to local revenue and GDP growth, but it will be at the cost of people's daily life and land. Nujiang is the only primeval watershed ecosystem whithout hydroelectric stations in Southwest China. Located at Eurasian & Indian Ocean junction plates, it is currently facing high risk of earthquakes. Experts and scholars studying China's geology, hydro projects, southwestern mineralogy, etc., expressed to the press their reasons and opinions against the Nujiang hydro project. Then why China's authorities now resume the Nujiang hydro project after it has been shelved for more than 6 years? Fan Xiao, Chief Engineer at Sichuan Geology and Mineralogy Bureau believes that as major project, it can benefit the GDP growth, which is a critical factor in evaluating and elevating Chinese officials, as well as the local revenue. Fan Xiao: "Being such a huge project from the local government's standpoint, it will increase its GDP and more importantly, its revenue. If we consider only the GDP, it will surely bring short-term benefits. Also, the annual revenue from its construction stage to running ...
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