In the following years, the central government resettled millions of people from western Hubei to make way for the construction of the dam.

• 为了支持这一工程建设，湖北省西部的居民舍弃家园，搬迁到政府指定的地方。近年来，中央政府一直致力于上百万移民的搬迁安置工作。