Water Resources Management in the People's Republic of China

Sun Xuetao is the Deputy-Director of the Department of Water Resources, Ministry of Water Resources, People's Republic of China. In that role, he leads the formulation and implementation of China's policies for water resources management. He has worked in water resources management in China for almost ten years. Robert Speed is a water policy consultant from Brisbane, Australia and was the Australian Team Leader on the China Water Entitlements and Trading project from 2006-8. Robert has held senior positions in the Water Reform Unit of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water and was involved in the development and implementation of the Australian water sector reforms. Shen Dajun is a senior engineer at the China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, and has worked in water resources management for more than 10 years. He had been the team leader for more than 10 international and domestic water projects and has published more than 50 books and papers on water resources management.