The Third Conference of the Second GWP China Council

The meeting of the 3rd Conference of the 2nd GWP China Council was held in Beijing on February 16, 2011.

Chaired by Mr. Wang Shucheng, thirty-one council members and the staff of GWP China Secretariat reviewed the annual report of GWP China and work report of each provincial/river basin partnership. The council meeting also addressed by Mr. Liu Zhiguang, Deputy Director of Department of International Cooperation, Science and Technology of Ministry of Water Resources (MWR).

Upon the annual report of GWP China, the members delivered constructive commends. Under guidance of MWR and GWPO, GWP China, jointly with provincial and river basin partnerships and its partners, completed all plans and achieved annual targets of 2010. The council board gave full affirmation to the GWP China Secretariat and its remarkable achievements in 2010 which would rely on better capacity-building of the organization, stronger personal ability of the Secretariat staff and more capacity of raising fund.
According to the final decision of the meeting, the work of GWP China in 2011 must be conducted after the <Decision on Speeding up the Reform and Development in Water Sector >, Document No.1 of the Central Government, 2011. GWP China should work hard on the research of scientific development and support the top stringent management system of water resources to further promote IWRM and adapt to climate change challenges.