为建设三峡、开发长江，经国务院批准，中国长江三峡工程开发总公司于1993年9月27日成立。中国三峡总公司为国有独资企业，注册资本金39.36亿元。截至2008年上半年，总资产达到2005亿元。公司的战略定位是以大型水电开发与运营为主的清洁能源集团，主要经营范围是水利工程建设与管理、电力生产、相关专业技术服务。
For building the Three Gorges, the development of the Yangtze River, approved by the State Council, China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation in September 27, 1993 to set up. China Three Gorges Corporation, for the wholly state-owned enterprises, registered capital of 3.936 billion yuan. As the first half of 2008, total assets reached 200.5 billion yuan. The company's strategic positioning is based on large-scale hydropower development and operations-based clean energy groups, the main business scope is the construction and management of water conservancy projects, power production, the relevant professional technical services.

在水电开发与运营中，中国三峡总公司以科学发展观为指导，积极倡导和推行“建好一座电站，带动一方经济，改善一片环境，造福一批移民”的理念，努力实现经济效益、社会效益和生态效益的协调统一。
In hydropower development and operations, the China Three Gorges Corporation, to the scientific concept of development as guidance, and actively advocate for and implementation of the "build a power station, a party Driven economy and improving an environment for the benefit of a group of immigrants," the idea, and strive to achieve economic efficiency, social and ecological benefits of harmonization.