Recently, the Chongqing Wujiang Baima Navigation and Hydropower Project officially started. It is understood that the project is located in Baima Town, Wulong District, Chongqing City. It is the last cascade of the 12 cascades planned for the development of the mainstream of the Wujiang River, with a total investment of 10.39 billion yuan.

The development of the Wujiang Baima Navigation and Hydropower Project is focused on shipping, taking into account power generation, and the hub project is classified as II. The scale is a large (2) type project with a normal storage level of 184 meters, a total storage capacity of 374 million cubic meters, and a total installed capacity. 480 megawatts. The planned channel level is Class IV, and the navigable buildings are 500-ton single-level ship locks, with a designed annual one-way passing capacity of 6.596 million tons.

The power station of the Wujiang Baima Navigation and Hydropower Project has an installed capacity of 480,000 kilowatts, with an average power generation of 1.712 billion kWh over the years. After the completion of the project, it will effectively eliminate more than 20 beach risks on the Wujiang River, and the channelized channel will have a length of about 45.3 kilometers. By then, it will promote the full recovery of Wujiang shipping and help open the "last mile" of the Wujiang River to the Yangtze River Golden Waterway. Editor/He Yuting