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The "SDG6.5.1 Evaluation and Application Research at County Level" Programme is jointly hosted by the Global Water Partnership China (GWP China), the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China Country Office, and Coca-Cola China. Officially launched in January 2025, the Programme is implemented over a one-year period with the support of local authorities in Sichuan and Hunan provinces.

Recently, to fully implement the Central Governmental Thought on Ecological Civilization and advance the ecological conservation and restoration of the Laiyuan Spring Basin, a joint research team, with the technical support of the GWP China Groundwater Working Committee and led by Wang Feng'an, Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Committee, conducted a specialized field investigation in Laiyuan County of Baoding City. The team was composed of experts in hydrology, geological exploration, ecological environment and other related fields, as well as the secretariat staff of the Committee.

Beijing, Dec.28-The 2025 Regional Partners Meeting of the Global Water Partnership China (GWP China) and the first meeting of its 5th Regional Council were held in Beijing on December 28, 2025.

BEIJING, December 10, 2025 – As global climate challenges intensify, GWP China hosted a high-level closed-door seminar on December 9 focused on the sustainable management of water resources.

On September 26th, the inaugural meeting and academic exchange conference of the GWP China Groundwater Working Committee was held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province.

On the occasion of the first National Science Month, in response to the call from the China Association for Science and Technology and the Ministry of Water Resources, China, focusing on the theme "Science and Technology Change Life, Innovation Wins the Future," GWP China Yellow River Basin Water Partnership and the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research organized two events named "The Yellow River with You: Yellow River Science Reaches Communities."

On September 29, 2025, the National Science Month event, "Agriculture and Water Conservancy: One Family, Yellow River Science Reaches Rural Areas," organized by GWP China Yellow River Basin Water Partnership and the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research (YRIHR), was successfully held.

To bolster the revision of the Flood Control Law of the People's Republic of China and guarantee its congruence with contemporary water resource management needs, GWP China leveraged its professional acumen to actively engage in research, providing insights and recommendations to enhance the water legal framework, as mandated by China's Ministry of Justice.

In Mid-July, 2025, GWP China, in collaboration with its local partner, the Hydrological Survey and Research Center of Hebei Province, has been making preparations for the establishment of the Groundwater Committee of Global Water Partnership China in Hebei Province. The Hydrological Survey and Research Center of Hebei Province will serve as the host institute for the Committee.