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IWHR organizes and co-hosts sessions at 7th World Water Forum
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IWHR organized a session on sustainable water infrastructure development, and co-hosted 3 sessions on water and food, water and energy, as well as water and drought at the 7th World Water Forum that was opened on April 12, 2015 in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea. The Chinese expert team, headed by IWHR Vice President Jia Jinsheng, will participate in about 30 sessions and events during the 6-day conference.

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A group photo of the Chinese expert team

IWHR organized on April 14 the only Chinese session, T.1.4.1 Strategies and Planning for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Development: Laying down the Foundation for Our Future, in which Dr. Jiao Yong, Vice Minister of Water Resources of China, gave an opening address. Thomas Bostick, commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers of the US, was also invited to address the audience. Experts from China, the US, Spain, Mexico, Republic of Korea and International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) gave presentations on the strategies and practices of water infrastructure development in different countries.

Wang Annan, director general of Department of Planning and Programming, Ministry of Water Resources of China, made a speech on the exploration and practice of China on sustainable development of water infrastructure at the session chaired by Dr. Jia Jinsheng.

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Dr. Jiao Yong delivering an opening address at session 1.4.1

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LTG Thomas Bostick delivering an invited address at session 1.4.1

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Wang Annan making a presentation at session 1.4.1

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Dr. Jia Jinsheng chairing the session 1.4.1

Dr. Jia also attended the grand opening ceremony of World Water Forum Memorial Center as a member of the International Steering Committee of this forum, the Session T.1.4.2 Water Storage Infrastructure for UN Sustainable Development Goals as a co-chair, and the special session on Water-Energy-Food Nexus as a panelist.

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Dr. Jia Jinsheng in a panel discussion at the special session on Water-Energy-Food Nexus

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Dr. Xue Songgui, vice commissioner of Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Ministry of Water Resources of China, giving a report at the China-Japan-Korea Trilateral Forum on Water Resources

IWHR Chief Engineer Prof. Gao Zhanyi, also the former president of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), gave a report at an FAO-hosted session on food security and rural social development in the context of climate change and urbanization in Asia-Pacific region, which was co-hosted by FAO, Asian Development Bank, Global Water Partnership (GWP), ICID and IWHR. Prof. Gao introduced the policies, development modes and technological innovations of irrigation in China, and summed up the session by calling for regional cooperation, technological sharing, management and technological innovations. He also made reports in sessions on modernization of irrigation and drainage, water user organization, and sustainability of irrigation facilities.

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Prof. Gao Zhanyi giving a report at the session on irrigation modernization

Dr. Qu Yanping from IWHR’s Research Center on Flood and Drought Disaster Reduction gave a report at the session on drought analysis and management (which was co-hosted by IWHR), introducing China’s research and achievements in coping with droughts.

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Dr. Qu Yanping at the session on drought analysis and management

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Chinese experts attending the opening ceremony

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