The Dialogue Workshop on Water Resources Protection and Emergency Response Mechanisms of Water Pollution of Yellow River was co-organized by the GWP China Yellow River, GWP China, Yellow River Research Society and Water Resources Protection Bureau of Yellow River Basin, on October, 11, 2011 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province with over 80 participants. On the invitation of the GWP China Yellow River, Dr. Dong Zheren, the Standing vice Chair, and Mr. Zheng Rugang, the Coordinator, of GWP China attended the workshop and Dr. Dong addressed at the opening session of the meeting on behalf of GWP China.
Through the communication platform of GWP China Yellow River, this meeting targets at disseminating the achievements of water resources management and protection by the joint efforts of the public and the governmental agencies, exchanging the experiences of emergency water pollution response and discussing about the issue of the establishment of mechanisms for water resources protection and emergency response for promoting the sustainable utilization of the Yellow River Basin.
The representatives and experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, the Songliao Water Resources Commission, Management Office of EU-China Cooperative Project of River Basin Management, and the provincial or regional water and environmental protection agencies in the Yellow River Basin delivered presentations and joined the discussions regarding the issues of water resources protection of Yellow River Basin, emergency responses of environmental pollution and related case studies of emergency responses of water pollution in other countries. The deep discussion about the experiences of river protection, current challenges of water resources management and protection, emergency responses of river basin pollution and problems of emergency response mechanisms were resulted with valuable comments and suggestions.
The discussions carried out and the comments and recommendations made at the workshop plays an important role in developing emergency response mechanisms of water pollution and promoting water management and protection of the Yellow River Basin.