Most of China’s dams serve multiple functions, including generating electric power and meeting manufacturing, mining, irrigation, and municipal-supply water needs. By ramping up the size of its dams, China now not only boasts the world’s largest number of mega-dams, but is also the biggest global producer of hydropower, with an installed generating capacity of 230 gigawatts.
中国的大部分大坝兼负多重功能，包括发电和满足制造、矿业、灌溉和市政供水需求。不断增加大坝规模的中国不但建造了世界上最多的超级大坝，也是世界最大的水电发电国，建成发电能力高达230G瓦。