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interest group formation and overall inefficiency" of some of the main tributaries in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. China's sustainable hydropower is different from the green hydropower of Switzerland and the low-impact hydropower of the United States. In order to assess and provide guidance on the protection of the ecological environment during the construction of hydropower projects, the Swiss Federal Institute of Water Science and Technology (EAWAG) proposed the certification procedures and standards for green hydropower stations in operation in 2001. The US proposed the implementation of a low-impact hydropower station certification system. German International Cooperation (GIZ) compiled a handbook of watershed ecosystems in hydropower development. In 2000, the World Commission on Dams (WCD), a joint initiative of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and the World Bank (WB) published a paper entitled Dams and Development - The New Decision Framework and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making)". The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) explicitly sets forth the development of sustainable hydropower in the "Sustainable Hydropower Development in the Danube Basin Guiding Principles". At present, the relevant evaluation of hydropower projects in China mainly focuses on the planning, preparatory stage and implementation stages, while the operational stage is relatively inadequate, especially in terms of environment and immigration. Relevant policies, standards and norms concerning planning, preparation, implementation and operation of hydropower station, are issued to identify stakeholders in China. Sustainable development issues should be addressed, and specific recommendations and supporting policies should be given to promote the sustainable development of hydropower. China's large and medium-sized hydropower project, has led the local economy, improved the environment, and enrich the social responsibility of immigration. Subsequent research on hydropower development sustainability evaluation has to be combined with other systems, such as negative listing system and ecological compensation system to improve the ecological environmental benefits of hydropower projects. And it’s helpful to treat immigration in addition to reservoir anti-poverty policies as well as engineering benefit sharing mechanisms. The issue of sustainable development of hydropower in China is not only a policy issue, but also a technical issue. Many problems occurred in the process of hydropower development, which affected its positive development and system in the status and in turn. In the future, we must seize the opportunity of power system reform and study-related supporting policies regarding sustainable development of hydropower from the aspects of finance, taxation, electricity price and financial subsidies. We must also establish an incentive mechanism to alleviate the contradictions between local governments and businesses, and achieve a win-win situation. Keywords: hydropower sustainability, evaluation system, international projects, Belt and Road Initiative 1516