On March 28, 2023, the construction of the transportation infrastructure project for overturning the dam in Wudongde officially started. The construction of this project will provide strong basic support for the passage and link between the Jinsha River and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and become an important support for Kunming City and even Yunnan Province to further integrate into the national strategy of the Belt and Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and further enrich the water transportation industry of Kunming City and Yunnan Province High-quality development connotation.

Wudongde overturning dam transfer transportation infrastructure project

According to reports, the construction content of the Wudongde dam overturning and transshipment transportation infrastructure project includes the Wudongde dam overturning and transshipment facilities, four convenient transportation wharf projects in Luquan County, the riverside road along the Dongchuan section of the Jinsha River, the Luquan Changpingzi to Dongchuan small Four sub-items including the highway along the river in the estuary section. As an important part of the comprehensive transportation of the Jinsha River Basin in Kunming, the project is implemented by the Kunming Transportation Bureau as the project implementation agency and Kunming Rail Port Construction Co., Ltd. as the government funding representative. The BOT model is adopted to implement the project construction by introducing social capital. The total investment 4.857 billion yuan, the planned total construction period is 3 years, and it will be completed in March 2026.

After the Wudongde overturning dam transfer transportation infrastructure project is completed, it will connect the two major reservoir areas of Wudongde and Baihetan. Along this high-grade waterway, it can connect to Panzhihua and extend to the Yangtze River. It will promote Dongchuan, Luquan, etc. The economic development of the Jinsha River area, especially the old red revolutionary areas such as Jiaopingdu. Liu Chuandang, deputy director of the Kunming Municipal Transportation Bureau, said that the project has completed the bidding of social investors, and the winning social investors are Kunming Metro Construction Management Co., Ltd. (leader), China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co., Ltd., and Yunnan Provincial Construction Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Guangzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Eighteenth Bureau Group Co., Ltd., and China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Fourteenth Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. Consortium.

Open up water and land channels

Jinsha River Wudongde Hydropower Station is located at the junction of Luquan County in Yunnan Province and Huidong County in Sichuan Province. The Wudongde overturning dam transfer transportation infrastructure project is an important part of the comprehensive transportation of the Jinsha River Basin in Kunming. Its construction has connected the two major reservoir areas of Wudongde and Baihetan. From then on, the high-grade waterway can connect Panzhihua, It can be extended down to the Yangtze River, marking a new page in the construction of transportation infrastructure along the river. It will definitely have a significant and far-reaching impact on Kunming City and Yunnan Province's active integration into the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, consolidating the achievements of poverty alleviation, and helping rural revitalization .

According to Liu Chuandang, deputy director of the Kunming Municipal Transportation Bureau, after the project is completed, it will be able to connect Dongchuan and Luquan districts, which will play a leading role in the next step of economic development. Especially with the completion of the Wudongde-Luquan Expressway in the next step, the Wudongde area, including Dongchuan and Luquan, has formed a preliminary traffic skeleton, which has a positive effect on promoting the development of red cultural tourism resources along the Jinsha River. effect. Editor/He Yuting