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The Dongping Dam is an arch dam on the Zhongjian River (忠建河) a right tributary of the Qing River in Xuan’en County Hubei Province China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 110 MW power station consisting of two 55 MW Francis turbine-generators. The 135 m (443 ft) tall arch dam withholds a reservoir of 336000000 m3 (272000 acre·ft). Construction began in 2000 the first generator was operational in 2005 and the project complete in 2006.