ABSTRACT
This chapter has identified Three Priorities which are fundamental for successful resettlement, implementing Developmental Resettlement and opening up new lands to cultivation, building "three dimensional infrastructure construction projects", and educating and training relocatees. The success or failure of resettlement will ultimately determine the success or failure of the Three Gorges project. Both the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council consider resettlement to be a very important issue and have adopted the policy of "Developmental Resettlement". This new approach to resettlement includes lump-sum reimbursement for lands lost to inundation, rural resettlement, township and factory relocation, personnel training, and other issues pertinent to relocation. The Three Gorges area's abundant land resources and burgeoning agriculture, fishing, mining, tourism, and processing and service industries make it particularly well suited to receive settlers. At approximately the same time, the State Council approved the Assessment Report on Population Resettlement which declared that 1,133,800 people would have to be resettled.
