Sichuan achieves great development over last decade

Sichuan is an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and Yellow River. Its forest coverage rate has exceeded 40 percent, an increase of 5 percent compared to 10 years ago, the quality of its water environment has hit the best level in 10 years, and the air quality has continued to improve, he said.

Sichuan's green and low-carbon development advantages have been more obvious in the past decade, the governor said.

Sichuan is the largest clean energy base in China. The Baihetan Hydropower Station, which is the second-largest hydropower project in the world, has an installed capacity of 16 million kilowatts.

In the past decade, Sichuan's power transmission to eastern parts of China is equivalent to the annual power generation capacity of 11 of the Three Gorges hydropower stations, Huang said.