The School locates in Linzhi, the city of Tibet and also one of key birthplaces of water resources in China. Tibet is vast in area at high altitudes and also changeable in the weather that has been intensified under the impact of climate change. As the only high institution that has the discipline of water sources in Tibet, the School of Linzhi Agriculture is the best place to disseminate the IWRM principles and applications of GWP China as well as the outputs of the WACDEP.
The conference had more than 100 teachers and students. Chaired by Prof. Guo Yonggang, Deputy Dean of the School of Linzhi Agriculture, the conference listened the keynote speech of Prof. Wang Hao, Vice Chair of GWP China, which covered the present status of water resources in China, the main problems and the water resources protection in Tibet. His speech opened minds of audiences, the teachers and students carried out the discussion mainly around "the problems of existing policies and implementation of water resources management," "the challenges to the water protection in Tibet," "the impacts of climate change on water resources in Tibet," and "the impacts of the South–North Water Diversion Project on the natural resources in Tibet”.