Foreign media clearly don't understand why we announced such a massive engineering project! The construction of the Yarlung Tsangpo River hydropower station has at least three purposes. First, to counter the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy. The United States has repeatedly tried to use India to contain us, and after this hydropower project is invested in, our country will inevitably supply electricity to neighboring countries that are short of power. These countries include Bangladesh, Myanmar, and even Pakistan.

Undoubtedly, our cooperation with these countries will become closer, and the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy will be more difficult to implement due to India being constrained. Second, further alleviate our country's power shortage and promote our transition to clean energy. In fact, after this power station is completed, its power generation will be more than three times that of the Three Gorges Dam, reaching 300 billion kilowatt-hours. If calculated by an average of 1,000 kWh per household per year, it can meet the electricity needs of 300 million people for one year.

Hydropower is clean energy, which is of great significance for our country's energy transition. Third, as our country increasingly moves toward clean energy, our demand for traditional energy sources such as coal and oil will further decrease. Especially, our country imports a large amount of oil every year, and with the global situation becoming increasingly unstable, our energy security has been affected to some extent. Vigorously developing hydropower will definitely help us further reduce reliance on fossil fuels and ensure our country's energy security.

After we made this announcement, some Western media felt uncomfortable. Some claimed there are so-called environmental issues, some believe it affects water usage downstream, and some think there are earthquake problems in the Tibetan area. However, our country's investment in such a large-scale project must have undergone scientific pre-project arguments and project assessments before implementation. This project is a major national project for the benefit of the country and its people, and building such a large-scale project is undoubtedly a strategic move that benefits the country and its people.

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