水力资源是中国的优势资源，经过建国60年尤其是改革开放30多年的发展，中国水力资源进入西部开发的关键阶段，需要妥善处理好项目开发建设管理体制、移民搬迁安置、枢纽工程建设、生态环境保护、项目建设程序等问题。结合金沙江下游河段水力资源开发的实践，对西部水力资源开发的项目管理进行了探索。

Hydropower is a key resource in China. In the 60 years'development since the founding of the PRC, especially the past 30 years of reform, China has been in the crucial development of hydropower resources in its western regions. The calls for a number of issues to be properly solved, such as construction management systems in project development, relocation of local populace, hydropower complex construction, environmental protection and project construction procedures are rising at the same time. Taking the hydropower development practices in the lower reaches of the Jinsha River as an example, this paper probes the issue of project management in the development of hydropower resources in western China.