The shipping throughput via the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project on the upper stream of the Yangtze River, reached nearly 160 million tonnes in 2024, official data showed on Saturday.

The dam's ship locks had a throughput of 154 million tonnes, while the dam's ship lift had a throughput of 5.03 million tonnes.

Throughout the year, more than 26 million tonnes of key materials have been transported via the dam, and almost 2.24 million tourist trips were made at the site.

The Three Gorges project is a multi-functional water-control system, consisting of a dam measuring 2,309 meters long and 185 meters high, five-tier ship locks on the north and south sides, and 34 turbo-generators with a combined power generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. (en.hubei.gov.cn by Zhang Yawei）