The Three Gorges Project should not be started in the near future

at least during the Seventh Five Plan. The reasons are from: 1

its investment is as high as sixty billion yuan; 2

the flood prevention on the middle and lower reaches can not be solved

and the flood harm on the upper reaches may be strengthened; 3

the problem in choking with silt is solved with difficulty; 4

more disadvantages than advantages in shipping; 5

the less economic benefits for its enormal investment

longer building time and low rate of beneficial result; 6

the problem of emigration from reserior area is conducted with difficulty; 7

it may bring a disastrous consequences. At last

six abstracts of reports of on-the-spot investigation are enclosed.