| UPDATED:  May 27, 2011  NO. 22 JUNE 2, 2011 |                                                    |  HYDRO-POWER BOOM |                                                                       |                   |                                    |   
 
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 The first generating unit at the Three Gorges Dam's underground power station officially comes into operation on May 24. The station's six 700-megawatt hydro-generating units are scheduled to come into operation within two years (ZHENG JIAYU)  |    |                                  
                
            
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