China News Service, Beijing, February 5th (Reporter Ying Ni) "The ceremony for the physical objects donated by China Three Gorges Corporation to the Baihetan Hydropower Station to be stored in the National Museum of China" was held in Beijing on the 4th.
China Three Gorges Corporation was born based on the Three Gorges Project and has now developed into the world's largest hydropower development and operation enterprise and my country's largest clean energy group. In 2023, China Three Gorges Corporation decided to donate 110 pieces/sets of physical objects, including Baihetan river bottom stone slices, admission tickets to the power generation ceremony of the first batch of units, and independently developed new low-heat cement samples, to the National Expo for free.
Key to Baihetan million kilowatt unit. Photo by reporter Ying Ni
At the collection ceremony, Wang Chunfa, Director of the National Museum of China, reviewed the previous cooperation between the two parties in collecting collections and organizing exhibitions, and expressed his gratitude to China Three Gorges Corporation for its donation. He said that the National Museum is currently working together to build a historical corridor, cultural palace, spiritual home, industry benchmark and talent highland with strong cohesion and leadership, striving to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power, and build a cultural powerhouse at a new historical starting point. The modern civilization of the Chinese nation continues to make new and greater contributions. This batch of physical objects systematically and comprehensively displays all aspects of the construction of Baihetan Hydropower Station from multiple perspectives such as archival materials, instruments and equipment, clothing badges, and audio-visual products. It is a physical carrier for the development of my country's hydropower industry to enter a new journey, and it is also a physical carrier for my country's construction of new energy sources. Representative physical evidence of the system. The National Museum will protect, study and display these physical objects well. We look forward to further cooperation between the two parties to jointly tell more and broader stories about the Yangtze River.
Han Jun, general manager of China Three Gorges Corporation, said that Baihetan Hydropower Station is the world's first hydropower station with a single unit capacity of one million kilowatts. It is a major national project of "transmitting electricity from west to east". The entry of this batch of physical objects into Tibet is of great significance to China Three Gorges Corporation. The Three Gorges Corporation originated from, was rooted in, and grew from the Yangtze River. It is incumbent upon the Yangtze River to inherit and carry forward the Yangtze River culture. In the future, CTG will focus on collection collection, joint exhibitions, archaeological research, social welfare, etc., answer the same questions and work in the same direction as the National Museum, and jointly promote the protection of the Yangtze River culture in inheritance, innovation in development, and jointly draw A new chapter in the protection of Yangtze River culture.
Wang Chunfa (left) issued a collection certificate to Han Jun (right) on behalf of the National Museum of China. Photo courtesy of the National Museum of China
At the scene, Wang Chunfa and Han Jun jointly unveiled the key to the Baihetan million-kilowatt unit, and both parties signed a "Donation Agreement." On behalf of the National Museum of China, Wang Chunfa issued a collection certificate to Han Jun. (over)