Construction of the Lianghekou Hydropower Station on Yalong River, the Largest Scale Hydropower Station in Tibet Autonomous Region, Starts on Oct 6, 2014

Construction of the Lianghekou Hydropower Station on Yalong River, the largest scale hydropower station in the Tibet Autonomous Region, starts on Oct 6, 2014. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

Construction of the Lianghekou Hydropower Station on Yalong River, the largest scale hydropower station in Tibet Autonomous Region, starts on Oct 6, 2014

Construction of the Lianghekou Hydropower Station on Yalong River, the largest scale hydropower station in the Tibet Autonomous Region, started on Oct 6, 2014.

Consisting in part of the highest earth and rock dam in China at 295 meters, the station's construction faced many top technical difficulties in the world such as high altitude, high slopes and high flood discharge velocity.

The project was proof of rapid development of hydropower in the middle and upper reaches of the Yalong River.

Many Chinese central SOEs like State Development & Investment Corp., Ltd. and China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. participated in the project.

National Library of China, the largest in Asia, opens on Oct 6, 1957

The new Beijing Library, now renamed the National Library of China, opened on Oct 6, 1957.

It was the largest in Asia and was designed and constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation.

Located at No.33, Zhongguancun South Street, Beijing, the library covers 140,000 sq m and collects 20 million books.

It is China's national ancient books protection center and one of the world's largest and most advanced libraries.

(Executive editor: Zhang Tianyuan)