Fifty water professionals attended a Capacity Building Workshop on Integrated Water Resources Management on November 25-28, 2008 in Skhoder Lake, Albania. The focus was on the conditions in the transboundary Drin River Basin.
The Way Water Cries, the first documentary series about water issues in China, was broadcasted on CCTV-News Channel during prime time 14-21 October.
GWP Chair Letitia A Obeng visited China 15- 19 October to participate in the High-Level International Forum on Water Resources and Hydropower in Beijing.
GWP Chairperson Letitia A. Obeng, GWP Senior Advisor Alan Hall, and GWP-Technical Committee member Patricia Wouters attended the Department for International Development's (DFID) launch of a New Water and Sanitation Policy for Africa and Asia on October 28 in London.
The China-India Youth Forum was taken place in Beijing, August, 2009. As the co-sponsor of this forum, GWP China sent Mr. Zheng Rugang, Secretary General of GWP China, as the representative to discuss with the counterparts from Peking University about the preparatory issues.
The International Conference of World Ecoculture and Environment Education was jointly held by the Institute of World Literature and the Center and Cross-Cultural Studies of Peking University, GWP China, Global Citizens of Sustainable Development of India and Gutenburg University Mainz of Germany from August 14 to 20, 2009.
The International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES) is one of partners of GWP China. On behalf of the Ministry of Water Resources and the UNESCO, the Center organized the International Advanced Training Workshop on International River Basin Management lasting from July 28 to August 3, 2009. There were 51 trainees from 18 countries, covering Asian, European Oceania and African continents, who participated in the training course.
GWP China Hebei organized the Forum on Water Security & Economic Development in Coastal Areas on 19-21 May, in Tangshan City, Hebei Province.
The Workshop on Global Climate Change and Water Resources Management in China was held on 13-17 May, in Changsha, Hunan Province.
GWP China Shaanxi organzied the Conference on Rural Drinking Water Safety and Water Saving Ecological Campus on 11-13 May in Fengxiang County of rural, NW, drought stricken China.