Prof. Wang Hao, Acting Chair of GWP China Region, accompanying with GWP China Regional Secretariat staff, met Dr. Tang Xinhua, President of China Water and Power Press (CWPP) and his colleagues, on July 27, 2015, in Beijing.
The meeting aimed at developing cooperation between GWP China and the CWPP. It can promote the IWRM to be wider acknowledged in China with the support of the Press through more publications on one hand; and also introduce international experiences and case studies to China via the network of GWP China, the Press and GWP on the other hand. Mr.Zheng Rugang, the Coordinator of GWP China, introduced the general information of GWP China, its outcomes and other information. As delivering the key achievements of the Press, Dr. Tang expressed his willingness of developing interactive activities with GWP China. After the discussion, the two parties agreed to sign a MOU to develop a strategic coordination between GWP China and CWPP.
The CWPP was founded in 1956, affiliating to the Ministry of Water Resources of China’s central government. It takes leadership of science and technology publishing in China. It gives priority to water resources, hydropower and electric power engineering, and it also touches upon computer, electronics, civil engineering, energy industry, environmental protection, popular science, foreign language learning, juvenile and children, fine arts, etc. This organization has been committed to international cooperation since its establishment. It has been engaged in copyright business, co-publishing, book sales or cooperative exchanges with major publishing companies in the world, conducted academic exchanges with some overseas institutions of higher learning and research institutes, worked in smooth cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Commission of Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), the World Water Council, etc., and published monographs or their translations by some world well-known scholars. Since 2003, the CWPP as a co-sponsor has organized Chinese companies to attend the World Water Forum & Exhibition for several times, and has been undertaking the construction and maintenance of China’s exhibition hall. For the 6th World Water Forum & Exhibition, the China’s water and power enterprise delegation is led by CWPP, which consists of nearly 30 institutions with around 100 participants to attend the meeting. In 2009, CWPP became a member of the World Water Council, the first among China’s enterprises.
(GWP China have four GWP TEC products translated and published with the support of CWPP)