解放后,我国水电发展速度很快,从1949年的16万千瓦,至1984年底已达2500万千瓦,增长了155倍。水电容量在水火电总容量中的比重,由9％增长至31％,水电发电量在总发电量中的比重,由1949年的17％至1957年就提高至25％。后来有所下降和波动,1978年曾降至17％;最近几年形势较好,1983年又提高至24.5％。 After the liberation, China’s hydropower developed rapidly, from 160,000 kilowatts in 1949 to 25 million kilowatts by the end of 1984, an increase of 155 times. The share of hydropower capacity in the total capacity of hydrothermal power increased from 9% to 31%, and the proportion of hydropower generation in total power generation increased from 17% in 1949 to 1957 to 25%. Later, it declined and fluctuate. It fell to 17% in 1978; it has been in a good situation in recent years and increased to 24.5% in 1983.