2010Issue4March2010RiverBasinManagementProgrammeNewsletterThispublicationisproducedbyEU-ChinaRiverBasinManagementProgrammewhichreservescopyrightandtherightoffinalinterpretation.TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationdonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheEuropeanCommissionnortheChineseGovernment.(part3)EcosystemmanagementexploredintheChishuiRiverBasinClimatechangeprojectstartedTrainingcourseonIRBMandIWRMstartedEU-Chinadialogueonriverbasinmanagementduringthe4IYRFInternationalConferenceonWaterResourcesandSustainableDevelopmentheldinWuhanSoilerosioncontrolbestpracticesstudytourtoItalyandSpainth2009CongratulationstotheYellowRiverConservancyCommissiononwinningthe2010LeeKuanYewWaterPrize1NewsletterEU-ChinaRiverBasinManagementProgrammeFeatures20091020HenrikOlsen2008ContentsTheChineseGuidebookontheEUGroundwaterDirectivewaslaunchedon20October2009duringtheFourthInternationalYellowRiverForum.TheChinesetranslationoftheGroundwaterDirectiverelatedEUguidancedocumentsisanotherimportantachievementoftheEU-ChinaRiverBasinManagementProgramme(RBMP)thatpotentiallyisofgreatsignificancetogroundwatermanagementinChina.ViceMinisterofWaterResourcesofChina,Mr.HuSiyi,andDeputyHeadofECDelegationinChina,Mr.MichaelPulch,attendedtheceremony.DirectorGeneraloftheDepartmentofInternationalCooperation,ScienceandTechnologyoftheChineseMinistryofWaterResources,Mr.GaoBochairedtheceremony.GroundwaterexpertoftheEU-ChinaRiverBasinManagementProgramme,Mr.HenrikOlsen,introducedkeyaspectsofthedirective,whileDirectorGeneraloftheInternationalEconomic&TechnicalCooperationandExchangeCenteroftheChineseMinistryofWaterResources,Mr.YuXingjunandViceCommissioneroftheYellowRiverConservancyCommission,Mr.SuMaolinpresentedtheircongratulations.TheguidebookisoneofthetechnologytransferactivitiesoftheEU-ChinaRiverBasinManagementProgramme.ItprovidesahighlevelsummaryoftheapproachtogroundwatermanagementtakenbytheEUGroundwaterDirectiveincombinationwiththeWaterFrameworkDirective.includinglaunchingMr.HuSiyigavehiscongratulationsandexplainedtheseriouswatersituationinChinaandthecountermeasurestakenbytheMinistryofWaterResources.HeChineseGuidebookontheEUGroundwaterDirectivelaunchedFeaturesFeaturesProgrammeProgress.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20111177EcosystemmanagementexploredintheChishuiRiverBasin111212131415161819ChineseGuidebookontheEUGroundwaterDirectivelaunched12RiverBasinOrganizationsLeadershipSummitheldinZhengzhou23TheFourthInternationalYellowRiverForumsuccessfullyheldinZhengzhou3Riverbasincooperationagreementssigned5LearningonimplementationoftheWaterFrameworkDirectiveinEurope5PotentialsignificanceofEUWFDtoChina(part3)11RhineandDanubeCommissionsreceiveChinesedelegation12VisittoGermanyandtheNetherlandsoninter-sectoralcooperationinIRBM12Climatechangeprojectstarted13TrainingcourseonIRBMandIWRMstarted1414IRBMActionFrameworkprojectintheYellowRiverBasin14EU-Chinadialogueonriverbasinmanagementduringthe4IYRF15FenRiverstudytour1617Industrialpollutioncontrolandwatersaving:TuoketuoPowerStationcleantechnologyaudit17InternationalConferenceonWaterResourcesandSustainableDevelopmentheldinWuhan18NationalGroundwaterManagementTrainingCourse19StudytourtoGermanyandFranceonprotectionofhydro-ecology21SoilerosioncontrolbestpracticesstudytourtoItalyandSpain21...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4.........................................................4.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................