According to the file released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, WASWAC should be under the supervision and administration of Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) in the following development.
On July 3rd, 2015, Prof. Liu Ning, the vice minister of MWR is in charge of the report meeting. Prof. Ning Duihu, the secretary-general of WASWAC makes a presentation to introduce the association and its development situation, the achievements were emphasized since the secretariat moved to China.
Generally, WASWAC became a big family after attracting more and more people who are working in the fields of soil conservation related, and hence played a very important role through conference holding, international communications, awards issuing and journal publication. A series of efforts have been made to push WASWAC more important over the world by the secretariat. These efforts include mainly: (1) to recruit full time staff to deal with the routine works of secretariat, (2) to start to publish the official journal after two years preparation and application, (3) to obtain the permission of registration in China, (4) to enhance association’s communication on scientific technologies and information, (5) to construct the members’ database and to improve the council efficiencies. During the process, Departments of MWR, such as Soil and Water Conseration, Finance, Human Resources, International Cooperation and Science and Technology have provided kinds of supports to WASWAC’s development. Useful and helpful supports were also from many institutions, for example, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES), China Water & Power Press (CWPP), Soil Conservation Monitoring Center of MWR (SCMC), Institute of Soil and Water Conservation of CAS & MWR (ISWC), Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation (CSSWC), etc.
Vice Minister Liu Ning fully confirmed the great achievements of association in the last five years. Then, he gave detailed comments on key directions of association’s development in the future, and expressed a keen desire to make WASWAC more influential.
Attendants from departments of MWR and related institutions proposed some really good ideas to help WASWAC become stronger then ever. All participants believe that a better and brighter future is awaiting WASWAC, all targets must be come true after all members’ efforts.
