The Workshop combined presentations and discussions about water environment, pollutions and ecological health between participants and experts from the industry of ecology, environment and health. Chaired by Mr. Wang Rusong, Director of the Eco-Environmental Research Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Workshop firstly saw the presentation “Evaluation of the River Health” by Dr. Dong Zheren, Standing Vice Chair of GWP China, which covered the definition of river health, theory framework of river ecology and scale, order and model of river-ecological restoration.
The security of river ecology, protection of river environment and ecological health tie in closely with urban construction and social development. Since it covers multiple disciplines and requests more involvement and practice, this Workshop plays a role of platform for free multi-disciplinary exchanges of ideas. According to the participants’ feedback, this introductory activity was beneficial for multi-disciplinary discussion.