(english.cnhubei.com) As the most parts of Three Gorges right bank has concrete poured to 185 meters, Three Gorges is expected to be completed in May, nine months ahead of schedule.

“Three Gorges has bettered over 100 world records in fields as hydrology, meteorology, geology, electromechanical equipment, power, etc”, Cao Guangjing, vice-manager of China Three Gorges Project Corporation said.

Located in Yichang of central China’s Hubei Province, Three Gorges is one of the biggest hydropower structures in the world and ranks as a key part of the improvement and development of the Yangtze River.

Launched in 1993, the Three Gorges Dam Project, including the 185-metre-high dam and 26 generators on both banks of the Yangtze River, has been built in three phases on the middle reaches of the longest river in China.