Three Gorges Dam

Zhenli Huang, professor, born in 1966 in Pingba County, Guizhou Province,China; graduated from the hydraulic engineering department of Tsinghua University in 1993, with a PhD Eng., having engaged in technology and management for the Three Gorges Project (TGP) since 1993; now serving as director and professor of National Research Center for Sustainable Hydropower Development, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR); and former deputy director-general (2002-2012) of the Reservoir Management Department of Executive Office, State Council Three Gorges Project Construction Committee (SCTGPCC) (a high ranking decision-making agency);longtime responsible for the research, monitoring and management concerning TGP environmental protection, participated in reviewing of TGP major technical engineering  and coordinator in the TGP's navigation and sediment studies; publishing more than 60 papers and more than 10 works and technical reports in academic publications and conferences at home and abroad; winner of the third class and the second class awards for scientific and technical progress from the State Education Commission in 1996 and  1998 respectively , and the national second class award for scientific and technical progress in 2005. Bingfang Wu, professor, born in 1962 in Yushan County, Jiangxi Province, China; graduated from the environmental engineering department of Tsinghua University in 1989, with a PhD Eng.; now serving as a director assistant of the Applied Remote Sensing Institute of CAS, and a director of the Information Center of Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Network for the Three Gorges Project, responsible for the construction of the TGP Eco-Environment Monitoring Information System, carrying out remote sensing dynamic and real-time monitoring and revising the Action Program for the implementation of the TGP Eco-Environment Monitoring System; Publishing more than 100 papers in academic publications and conferences at home and abroad; winner of the national second class award for scientific and technical progress, second class award for scientific and technical progress from the Ministry of Water Resources, advanced individual in the State 863 Program.