With all 16 generating units in operation in July 2022, Baihetan Hydropower Station, located on the Jinsha River, the upper section of the Yangtze, will become the world's second-largest hydropower station, generating an average of 62.4 billion kWh of electricity every year, second only to the Three Gorges Dam project. 

By reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 52 million tons every year, it can help achieve the China's carbon-peak and carbon-neutralization goals. 

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In the past 30 years, the prospectors working in a harsh environment, the creative designers and the hard-working engineers and builders, all have devoted themselves to help build the mega green project that leads the world in six fields. 

Let's explore the stories behind the designing and building of Baihetan.

Source: Guangzhou Daily
Videographer: Feng Qiuyu
Video editor: Liu Yu
Video supervisor: Wang Chenyang
English transcript: Lyu Yun
Edited by Lyu Yun, Wen Junhua