{"id":27631,"date":"2008-12-15T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T09:27:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:38:07","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:38:07","slug":"2631-chinese-hydropower-disorderly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/2631-chinese-hydropower-disorderly\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese hydropower \u201cdisorderly\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nShao Bingren, a senior official at the National Committee of the Chinese People&#8217;s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), made his comments in reference to a CPPCC study which concluded that the 3,000 hydropower plants operating or planned along the Yangtze&#8217;s upper reaches suffer from weak management or supervision. 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In addition to destroying local environments, some of these hydropower plants were built in earthquake zones, posing huge risks to workers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In order to solve these issues, government administration should be strengthened by tightening industry supervision and providing more guidance, Shao said. &nbsp;The current economic slowdown should be seen as an opportunity for the government to improve administration, reform the pricing system and boost social services, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.caijing.com.cn\/2008-12-12\/110038125.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rapid development of hydropower in China has been plagued by poor planning and environmentally damaging processes, reported the magazine <em>Caijin<\/em><em>g<\/em>, citing a senior government official.  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