While the Yangtze River Basin Comprehensive Development Plan is still on the way,hydropower projects have already been mushrooming in the upstream of the river. Behind the busy construction sites,geological,ecological,and water sustainability risks are flickering. For years,debates on hydropower development in the Yangtze River have been going on between the academia and the hydropower industry. In face of the risk of complete channelization in 2020,the media have called for a comprehensive solution to hydropower development and the National People's Congress has responded favorably. In spite of these,hydropower stations are being constructed,with a total installed capacity 4 times as big as the Three Gorges Hydropower Station. Challenges for the government include eradicating hydropower worship,curbing irrational investment,enhancing public participation and implementing environmental control in an effective way. <<