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The dam was originally scheduled to be constructed between 2009 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Brief History of Hydropower Development Baihetan |url=http://nn.lsz.gov.cn/lry.asp?id=164 |publisher=Baihetan China - Ningxia County Public Information Network |accessdate=20 March 2011 |language=Chinese |date=2 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823083909/http://nn.lsz.gov.cn/lry.asp?id=164 |archivedate=23 August 2011 }}</ref> The Jinsha River became officially closed on November 2014.<ref name=":1" /> Actual construction started on August 3, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=巧家政府网-巧家县人民政府门户网站|url=http://www.qiaojia.gov.cn/qggk/8481445714744578727|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.qiaojia.gov.cn}}</ref>
The manufacturing of Baihetan Hydro-generator units were done in Harbin, where the very first unit passed inspection and granted approval on October 27, 2018. This unit is considered to be the largest of its kind worldwide and rated at 1,000 MW each. The first 1,000 MW turbine runner, was completed at Dongfang Electric’s Baihetan Runner Processing Plant on January 12, 2019.<ref name=":3" />
The reservoir first started storing water on 7 April 2021, and by 24 April, the water storage elevation of the power station had rose over 720 metres.<ref name=":1" /> The hydropower station started partial electricity generation in July of the same year. The dam was expected to be fully operational by July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New mega hydropower station to begin operations - China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/business/2021-04/08/content_77387275.htm|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.china.org.cn}}</ref> Experts have noted the 4-year construction period as being exceptionally fast for a project of its type.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-16|title=How China built the world's largest arch dam in just four years|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3125651/how-china-built-worlds-largest-arch-dam-just-four-years|access-date=2021-04-09|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
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