Acronyms Preface and Acknowledgement Executive Summary 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 Goal and Scope of the Report 1.3 Methodology 2 Current Status of River Basin Management in China 2.1 Overview of Water-related Problems in China 2.2 Current Status of River Basin Management in China 3 Issues and Causal Analysis of Current Basin-wide Problems in China 3.1 Legislation and Its Implementation 3.2 Institutions 3.3 Policy 3.4 Planning 3.5 Public Participation 4 Progress of River Basin Management and Engineering Projects 4.1 Progress of Domestic Engineering Projects 4.2 Domestic Research Programs Related to IRBM 4.3 International Assistance Projects 5 Conceptual Plan and Recommendations to Promote IRBM in China 5.1 Goals 5.2 Principles 5.3 A Vision and Framework 5.4 Priority Areas and Actions References Attached Map and Tables Attached Map Map of China’s River Basins Attached Table I Overview of Projects on IRBM and Water-related Issues in Recent Years in China Attached Table II Overview of Research Program on IRBM and Water-related Issues in China Attached Table III Overview of International Donor-oriented Projects on IRBM in China Attached Table IV Overview of Major River Basin Plans since 1998 Summaries of Thematic and Case Study Reports No.1 Water Resources Sectors No.2 Environmental Protection Sectors No.3 National Development and Reform Commission No.4 Construction Sectors No.5 Agricultural Sectors No.6 Forestry Sectors No.7 Public Health Sectors No.8 Yangtze River Basin No.9 Yellow River No.10 Huaihe River Basin No.11 Song-liao River Basin No.12 Dongting Lake River Basin No.13 International Rivers No.14 Legislation on Integrated River Basin Management No.15 River Basin Planning No.16 Economic Measures for IRBM in China No.17 Scientific and Technical Support for River Basin Management No.18 Water Resources Management No.19 Water Environmental Management No.20 Standards of Drinking Water No.21 Environmental Flows of Rivers in Northern China No.22 Stakeholders of Hydroelectric Development No.23 Protection of Hydrobios Diversity in Yangtze River Basin No.24 Transjurisdictional Coordination in River Basin Management within Yangtze River Basin Annex Annex I The Expert Panel on Integrated River Basin Management Annex II List of Sector-based Experts Annex III List of Drafting Team of Synthesis Report Annex IV List of Invited Independent Reviewers and Internal Reviewers Annex V List of Participants of High-level Roundtable on IRBM in China