Comprehensive Studies On Zhang Guangdou And Three Gorges Project Construction (1944——2009)

China’s Three Gorges Project is the largest hydroelectric construction project in both China and also the whole world. From Dr. Sun Yat-sen initially proposed conceive of the Three Gorges hydropower resources development in 1918 to the completion of Three Gorges project in 2009, this whole process has gone through nearly a century. Zhang Guangdou, known as "Li Bing of Modern Times", is a famous expert in hydropower engineering. Zhang started to get involved in the The Gorges Project from 1940s, and played a significant and irreplaceable role in the investigation, design, feasibility studies and construction process. Based on the theories and methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism, this paper attempts to introduce Zhang Guangdou and the construction of the Three Gorges Project completes as well as make a detailed summary on that.