The National Audit Office has publicly criticised construction work on the Rmb67.5bn Xiluodu dam, the world's third-largest hydropower project. The developer of the controversial Jinsha River dam between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces has slashed its original building schedule by 27 months to accelerate the project. This has added to the risks and costs, the audit office claimed. It also said a lack of controls has led to developers securing inappropriately high fees.

The dam’s developer, China Three Gorges Project Corp, told China Daily that the auditors had exaggerated the problem.