CRRN Annual Report(Aug.2018 - Seb.2019)

China River Restoration NetworkOctober, 2019

1. The 13th ARRN GCM
On August 21, 2018, the “13th Governing Council Meeting” of the Asian River Restoration
Network (ARRN) was held in Tokyo, Japan. ARRN’s organization structure, further
expansion of the ARRN members, future activities in 2018-2019, and the transfer of next
ARRN secretariat were discussed based on the ARRN charter.

2. Forum and Seminar(1) The 15th International River Ecological Restoration Forum, Aug. 2018,Tokyo，JapanThe 15th ARRN’s International Forum on Waterfront and Watershed Restoration was heldon August 2018 as special session of the 12th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics(ISE2018). CRRN’s experts Han Rui, Zhao Jinyong and Yang Qihong gave reports.

1(2) IWHR YSE 2018 – the 14th Seminar for Young Scientists & Engineers ofIWHR, Sept.26-27, Beijing, China
Dr. Zhang Jing made a technical report ”Analysis of the interactive relationship between
meandering river hydraulic characteristics and habitat suitability”.

(3) Advanced Technical Research Program for River Basin Ecological
Restoration, Nov.8, 2018, Beijing, China
Prof. Zhao Jingrong gave a report on strategies and case analysis of water environment
management in urban rivers and lakes.

(4) Seminar on Policy Recommendations for Watershed Management andEcological Security, Nov.12, 2018, Beijing, China
Representatives of university of Evora of Portugal, international office for water of France,
IWHR, Tongji university, Haihe river water conservancy commission of MWR, Taihu basin
authority of MWR attended the meeting.

2(5) Forum on Ecological Flow and Ecological Hydraulic Engineering, May 13,
2019 , Beijing, China
Forum on ecological protection of rivers and lakes was held in Beijing, aim at poolingglobal wisdom, promoting the development of ecological water conservancy projects.

(6) The 15th EEF European Ecological Federation Congress, Jul.29-Aug.2, 2019,
Lisbon, Portugal
The conference intend to extend discussions based on ecologically relevant interfaces, totackle the sustainable development goals and help to create a more sustainablebiosphere and a more equitable society.

(7) Forum on China's Ecological Restoration Industry Innovates and Develops,Sep. 11, 2019，Beijing, China
Ecological civilization is a millennium plan of China. This forum aims to build aprofessional exchange platform for innovative technology, integrated development andintelligent utilization of ecological restoration.

33. Technical Guidance and Training(1) Training on the Practice of River Chief System, Dec.28, 2018. Xingtai, China(2) National Technical Skills Exchange Class of Chief Technician in Water
Conservancy Field, Dec. 2018. Kaifeng, China
A lecture is given for the practices of river ecological restoration, covered the aspects oftheoretical basis, objectives and tasks, key technologies, standards and typical cases.

(3) Training Course on Water Ecological Civilization Construction Organizedby MWR, Jun.6, 2019. Taiyuan, China
This training course is divided into seven topics, policy interpretation, frontier exploration,
culture creativity, eco-civilized city, model and mode analysis, river chief system and casestudy.

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4. Interview and Communication(1) The General Secretary of ARRN NobuyukiTsuchiya Visited IWHR,Oct.15-19, 2018
On October 17, 2018, NobuyukiTsuchiya, The General Secretary of ARRN, on behalf ofARRN, attended a series activities of the 60th anniversary celebration of IWHR.

Participated in Xiongxian eco-city construction seminar,investigated Baiyangdian wetland.

5(2) Prof. Tetsuya Sumi of Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto
University Visited IWHR, Mar.19-24, 2019Technical Communication on Dam and River Environment Management, March 21, 2019,Beijing, China.

Visited the Three Gorges Project, March 20, 2019, Yichang, China.

(3) CRRN Experts Visited Portugal for Exchange
From 12 to 17 September, 2018, four Chinese experts visited Portugal for exchanges on
ecological restoration technology, investigated the water environment management
project, sewage treatment works, Lisbon historical water aqueduct project and fishway
engineering.

65. Standard Compilation(1) Technical specification for water-saving of hotels (GB/T).
(2) Technical guidelines for river-lake ecosystem protection and restorationengineering（SL）.

6. Scientific Research(1) Pilot project: targeted to river continuity problems and species of economic
and biological concern in Nanxi river basin
This activity aims to promote the exchange of experiences in the field of river restoration
between Europe and China.

7(2) Pilot project: Research and demonstration on key technologies of ecologicalconnectivity planning of river and lake systems
Through the implementation of this project, provide technical support and effective
solution for regional water network，promote the harmonious coexistence of man andwater.

7. CRRN Website Maintenance
CRRN website mainly publicizes and reports activities and news related to river ecologicalprotection and restoration at home and abroad.

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