Staff connecting passenger ships docking at the tourist home port of Zigui County, Hubei Province, the Three Gorges Dam area to shore power (photo taken on May 8).

　　Recently, the bank power experimental area of the Three Gorges Dam area has been transferred to the stage of operation. The Three Gorges Dam area is the location of the Three Gorges Project, and it is also an ecologically sensitive area in the Yangtze River Basin and a transferring point for shipping on the Yangtze River. The operational shore power experimental area provides clean energy to docking ships by "replacing oil with electricity." In order to reduce the air and water pollution caused by diesel power generation during the berthing period, in order to protect the ecological environment of the Yangtze River and help green shipping. Xinhua News Agency(Photo by Lei Yong)