81.   Three Gorges Project Development Corp. president Lu Youmei stressed the importance of the dam in terms of flood control on the mighty Yangtze River and providing clean energy.

82.   Li also stressed the importance of the dam in terms of flood control, electricity generation and shipping movement on the Yangtze River.

83.   Speaking at a national conference on flood control, Jiang urged the leadership in flooded areas to keep alert for possible bigger inundations.

84.   Speaking to an overseas association for friends of the Three Gorges, Li said the significance of the project lay in flood control and electric power, Xinhua said.

85.   Speaking at a national conference on flood control, Vice Premier Jiang Chunyun urged the leadership in flooded areas to keep alert for possible bigger inundations.