Purpose

China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Institute (IWHR) and the University of Western Ontario believe that the quality of research and teaching is strengthened by the establishment of international cooperation links and wish to enter into research collaboration with a view to their mutual enrichment in scientific, academic, and cultural areas.

Objective

The general objective of this agreement is to establish long-term research collaboration in fields which are compatible with the orientation of each party, and which are relevant to the industrial, scientific, social and cultural interests and needs of the countries in which the parties are respectively located.

The initial focus will be in the areas of water resources, water environment, flood management, hydraulic and hydropower engineering. Other areas of cooperation may develop at a later time.