三峡升船机由于规模巨大、技术复杂，并且同类升船机在世界上尚无建成投产的先例，一直深受国内外工程技术界关注。三峡升船机的设计、研究过程得到了国内众多科研、设计单位的大力支持，其工作成果为升船机设计的逐步完善提供了理论基础。经过方案比选，三峡升船机最终确定采用齿轮齿条爬升式，其设备构造复杂，制造、安装及土建结构施工精度要求很高，并首次采用中德联合设计方式。各阶段设计成果由三峡总公司组织三峡工程质量专家组进行最终的审查和验收。针对升船机技术难点和关键技术问题，安排了一系列专项试验研究，如“齿条、螺母柱制造技术研究”等，以检验升船机关键项目设计的合理性和可实施性。为减少塔柱变形对齿条和螺母柱安装精度的影响，对升船机施工程序进行了研究和调整，以确保升船机安全可靠运行。工程建设证明本文采取的各项管理、技术措施的科学性，确保了三峡升船机建设的顺利实施。

The ship lift of Three Gorges Project is huge and technically complex, and as there is no similar ship lift in the world as a precedent putting into operation, it has been well concerned by domestic and international engineering and technical community. The design and research process of Three Gorges Project ship lift , has been strongly supported by many domestic scientific research and design units, their works provide a theoretical basis for the gradual improvement of the ship lift design. After scheme comparison, the Three Gorges Project ship lift eventually identified as rack and pinion climbing type, its equipment is of complex structure and its manufacture, installation and civil structure need high construction precision requirements, and the Sino-German joint design approach is adopted for the first time. The final review and acceptance for the design results of every stages are executed by Quality Experts Group of Three Gorges Project organized by the Three Gorges Project Corporation. For the technical difficulties and key technical issues of the ship lift, a series of special experimental researchs, such as "research on manufacturing technology of rack, nut column" are organized to examine the rationality and implement ability of the key project design of ship lift .To reduce the effect of tower column deformation on the installation accuracy of rack and nut column, some research and adjustment are done to the construction procedures of ship lift to ensure safe and reliable operation of ship lift. Engineering construction proofs that the management, technical measures undertaken in this paper are scientific and they ensure the smooth implementation of the construction of the Three Gorges Project ship lift.