Research on Safety and Emergency Management of Hydropower Engineering in China

Abstract

China's hydropower has been developed rapidly, and cascade hydropower stations have been established in many basins. Once a dam fails, the induced flood could wreak havoc downstream and on both sides. Therefore in contemporary China, the safety and emergency management of hydropower engineering is very important. The main purpose of this paper is to provide reference for the sustainable and healthy development of China's hydropower station construction and management. Firstly, this paper summarizes the overall situation of China's hydropower engineering safety and emergency management from the perspective of related regulations and related authority responsibilities. Secondly, the current situation of safety and emergency management in three typical basins with different characteristics is investigated and studied. Finally, the main features of the safety and emergency management of hydropower engineering in China are analyzed and summarized. Based on these studies, it can be concluded that as a country with the largest installed capacity in the world, China has attached great importance to the safety and emergency management of hydropower projects and has formed a systematic management mechanism, which has three characteristics: (1) Comprehensive and detailed regulations and standards; (2) Broad responsibilities and significant roles of governments and their subordinate bodies; (3) Basin-based safety and emergency management.