Nature and aim of theGroup Gorporation China Hydropower EngineeringConsulting Group Corporationset up at the end of 2002 withthe approval of the StateCouncil had restructured seven researchinstitutes of investigation and design(Beijing,East China,Northwest,Mid-south,Chengdu,Guiyang,Kunminginstitutes)and China Water Resourcesand Hydropower Construction Engi-