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Wikipedia[1] (infobox and text) and the Travel China Guide project schedule both give 14 December 1994 for the start of construction/commencement ceremony.China held the grand commencement ceremony for the Three Gorges Project at Sandouping on the Yangtze on 14 December 1994, starting what became the world's largest hydropower plant.
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