International
Training Workshop was Held Successfully
The
International Training Workshop on River Basin Management Strategies and
Techniques for Soil and Water Conservation was held successfully in Beijing
from October 9 to 15, 2016. This training workshop was hosted by the
International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation
(IRTCES), and co-hosted by the China Institute of Water Resources and
Hydropower Research (IWHR) and the World Association of Soil and Water
Conservation (WASWAC). The opening ceremony was held on the afternoon of
October 9 at Beijing Zi Yu Hotel. Professor Kuang Shangfu, president of IWHR
and director of IRTCES, Professor Guo Suoyan, deputy director of the Department
of Water and Soil Conservation of the Ministry of Water Resources, and Mr. Hao
Zhao, division director of the Department of International Cooperation, Science
and Technology of the Ministry of Water Resources attended and addressed at the
opening ceremony.
Group photo taking after the opening ceremony
This training
workshop is an international training project funded by the Asia Regional
Cooperation Fund, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Water Resources.
The aims of this workshop is to improve the scholars’ overall understanding of
river basin management strategies and policies for the development of water
resources, broaden and master key techniques for the control of water-induced
soil erosion in river basins, and learn and share advanced techniques for the
management of water resources and the conservation of soil and water. It is
hoped that this workshop would promote the development of water resources in
river basins and the conservation of water and soil, and foster international
cooperation and exchanges among the attending scholars.
Professor Kuang
Shangfu (in the middle), President of IWHR and Director of IRTCES; Professor
Guo Suoyan (second from the right), deputy director of the Department of Soil
and Water Conservation of the Ministry of Water Resources; and Mr. Hao Zhao (second
from the left), division director of the Department of International
Cooperation, Science and Technology of the Ministry of Water Resources,
attended the opening ceremony and each delivered an address to the workshop
participants. The opening ceremony was chaired by Professor Ning Duihu (the
first from the left). Ms Wang Yanwei (the first from the right) attended this
ceremony as an interpreter.
During the
opening ceremony, Director Kuang delivered a warm welcome to the arriving
scholars on behalf of the IWHR and IRTCES, and sincerely thanked the Division
of International Cooperation, Science and Technology of the Ministry of Water,
and the Division of Soil and Water Conservation for its support in organizing
this training workshop. Then he briefed the participating scholars on the
developments in IRTCES and the results that the center has achieved in water
resource management, water and soil conservation, and international cooperation
and exchanges. Finally, he expressed his hope that the scholars will improve
their understanding and friendships through this workshop and strengthen
cooperation and exchanges among each other in their future work.
Director-General Hao Zhao of the Division of International Cooperation, Science
and Technology of the Ministry of Water Resources introduced the background and
purpose of this training project, noting that Asian countries are connected
through mountains and rivers and are linked by the waters of these rivers. He
hoped that a higher level of regional cooperation could be initiated with the
relevant countries in the fields of water resource management and techniques
for water and soil conservation through this training workshop. Deputy director
Guo Suoyan of the Water and Soil Conservation Department of the Ministry of
Water Resources briefed the participants on the basic situation of
water-induced soil erosion in China and the measures implemented for its
prevention and control. He emphasized that the exchange of techniques with
bordering countries and the sharing of experiences is strongly appreciated amid
their implementation of measures to prevent and control water-induced soil
erosion. He also hoped that this training workshop will be a rousing success,
so that it will act as a bridge for promoting cooperation and exchanges between
China and other countries around the world in water and soil conservation.
Twenty-six
international participants from 11 countries, including Cambodia, Indonesia,
Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor-leste,
and Vietnam, and six domestic students from the three IRTCES Research Base
participated in the one-week training. This training workshop invited a number
of well-known experts and scholars in the fields, including Professor Wang
Zhongjing from Tsinghua University, Professor Zhang Guanghui from Beijing
Normal University, research fellow Li Rui from the Institute of Soil and Water
Conservation, Professor Zhou Shichun of the China Renewable Energy Engineering
Institute, and senior engineer You Jinjun of the IWHR, to provide training
courses on the development and management of river basin water resources, water
and soil conservation strategies in river basins, the monitoring and evaluation
of water and sediment discharge from river basins, and the development of water
and soil conservation techniques.
Lecture giving by Prof. Wang Zhongjing from Tsinghua University
IRTCES deputy
director Ning Duihu, the Secretary-general of WASWAC, also gave the
participants a lecture summarizing the conservation of water and soil in China.
In addition, the training workshop also extended a special invitation to a
technical representative of the Beijing Datum Science and Technology
Development Co., Ltd. Company to present new services and applications for
geological information system technologies in the field of water and soil
conservation. During this period, the participants also visited the
Shangxinzhuang Soil and Water Conservation Science and Technology Park and the
IWHR’s Yanqing Laboratory Base in Beijing.
Participants visit the IWHR’s Yanqing Laboratory Base
The content of
the course was rich, informative, and exhibited an international perspective;
at the same time, it presented the related practices of China in appropriate
detail. In the closing ceremony, Professor Ning Duihu came to issue the
certificate for all partcipants. Through this learning opportunity, the
participants obtained a deeper understanding of the research progress and
practical achievements of China in the fields of water resource management and
techniques for the conservation of water and soil. Many of the participants
expressed a desire to establish mechanisms for long-term exchanges of
experience and carry out follow-up collaborations.
Communications among participants
Closing Ceremony
Issuing certificates during the closing ceremony
The successful
organization of this training workshop has broadened the scientific horizons of
the participating scholars, enriched their knowledge base on water
conservation, and established a basis for international collaborations in the
relevant fields. This will be beneficial to strengthening exchanges and
cooperation with countries bordering China in the field of water conservation
and for advancing the implementation of the “One Belt, One Road” strategy in
the field of water conservation.
