The complexity of the engineering for Three Gorges has enabled the two sides to produce vast amounts of technical material on flood prevention, electrical power generation, transport, economic efficiency, water supply, siltation, and similar subjects. There are even cases of mainland engineers being labelled as "rightist" and having their whole families dragged down with them just because they opposed the project.
三峽工程的複雜性使得論證雙方在技術層面，防洪、發電、航運、經濟效益、供水、泥沙淤積等問題上探討的資料，多不可計；更有大陸工程師因反對三峽工程被打成右派，全家受牽連的例子。