Yan Zhiyong, chairman of China Power Construction Group, said in an interview that the downstream Yarlung Zangbo has huge development potential and is rich in natural resources. In addition, the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo has been evaluated by foreign media as "the world's most abundant water resources."
It is reported that this place can provide 70 million kilowatts of electricity in the future, and its scale is about the total amount of three Three Gorges hydropower stations. China’s “14th Five-Year Plan” and 2035 long-term goals clearly proposed “implementation of hydropower development on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River”. This is a rare opportunity and challenge for the power construction group and the Chinese hydropower industry.
Regarding China's rational development of hydropower resources, the Indian media has made a big fuss, saying in a unified way that my country's reasonable approach will threaten India.
According to the "Times of India" report, in this cross-border water competition, New Delhi has not been able to gain an advantage, and China has a more strategic advantage in this matter. Even though China and India have resumed their cross-border water resources information cooperation agreement two years ago, India still fears that China will use this project to apply cross-border rivers to the military level, thereby threatening India's national security.
Some Australian research institutions believe that China’s development of cross-border rivers is a new challenge for India, and India has no way to prevent or avoid this problem.
The Sino-Indian border conflict this year has also plunged India into a very embarrassing situation. The research institute also analyzed that India must pay attention to the issue of "China's rational use of cross-border resources to weaponize". Once China achieves control of cross-border rivers, India's economy is likely to be choked. ".
It is obvious that Australian research institutes are standing on a “remind to India” position, rather than a reasonable attitude towards cooperation and development.
Of course, there are foreign experts who hold a fair stand. For example, domestic water conservancy experts in Singapore believe that China's construction of hydropower stations on cross-border water resources will bring positive benefits to India to a certain extent. Once the hydropower station is completed in the future, it will bring about the effect of "shifting peak adjustment", which is very beneficial to India. In the future, the flow of river water will be in a stable state, and India will not run out of water in the dry season.
Although, the domestic media in India is currently hyping "the so-called cut-off will cause India to run out of water and threaten national security." But the Indian government elite has not been brought into rhythm. Some Indian sources said that the Indian government's vision for the development of cross-border river resources is strategic. He said that although the situation on the border between China and India has not yet been fully eased, this does not prevent China and India from strengthening cooperation in cross-border river development and ultimately achieving a win-win situation.
