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hydropower development over the next two decades. The US government then organised two delegations; one in 1981 and a second delegation in 1983 that went to China. Harza sent Avid Zagars in 1981 and followed that in 1983 with Dr. CH Yeh, along with the participation of delegations representing different specialties from other private sector firms in the US. On the same trip, the US team of government and
private sector engineers met with Qinghua University professors on seismic design criteria, along with professors from Tianjin University on the various aspects of the project for similar discussions and presentations involving the current project status. At the end of this second delegation visit, the team presented, in Chengdu, comments on the various aspects of the project for discussion amongst many Chinese engineers of various disciplines. The bonds between both countries in these fields
were strengthened and grew through this collaboration and teamwork. After visiting CHIDI offices, the team of Chinese and American engineers traveled on the famous Chengdu-Kunming Railroad on the 14-hour ride
to the city of Dukou at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. The Chinese hosts took care of visitors and treated them exceptionally well, catering to their dietary needs while seeking at every turn to make their guests comfortable on the long train ride back and forth from the project site where presentations were made on the then current status of the design. Many meetings occurred regarding the dam design; including its thickness, as might be expected, at the feasibility level of study at the site where these briefings occurred. The team made another site visit to look at topographic and geologic data, while at the same time inspecting the adits at the project site to get a closer look at the geologic features of the foundation and abutments. Subsequent detailed briefings occurred. Along with the exploration of the features of the civil design back in Chengdu, the team visited the Dongfang Electric Machinery Factory. This factory was commissioned to build heavy machinery anticipating that hydropower projects would be constructed in the southwest part of the country in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces.
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