Sustainable waterconservancy, establishing the concept of modern environmental management ofwater resources
With the accelerated process of China's modernization, upto date risks have made China a country of little water per capita, sever waterpollution, deterioration of water environment, fragile water ecological system,which promote the need for the fresh transformation of environmental managementof water resources. At conference of Human and Population by the centralgovernment in 2002, Comrade Jiang Zemin clearly pointed out that sustainablesocial and economic development reply on sustainable water utilization. It isimperative to change idea of water resources "from natural resources toeconomic assets." Modern water conservancy emphases on scientific conceptof development, changing management concepts and ideas of water irrigation, andestablishing concepts of water resources, livelihood water resources,ecological water conservancy, sustainable water resources management to guidewater-related activities, and to achieve "harmony between human andwater."