The EU's first management forum aimed at promoting the sustainable development of water resources in Asian cities opened on February 14 in Changde, Hunan. More than 20 officials and experts from European countries such as Germany and the Netherlands exchanged discussions with officials and scholars from Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Indonesia on how to deal with urban water pollution and ensure the sustainable development of urban water resources.
Due to humans' excessive waste and continuous pollution of water resources, the deterioration and shortage of water resources are increasingly threatening the survival and development of human beings, especially the urban water crisis is becoming a worldwide problem.
Song Lanhe, deputy director of the National Water Resources Management Center of the Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China, revealed that two-thirds of the more than 600 cities in China are lacking water that can be used normally.
This three-day event was jointly organized by the Changde City Government of China, Hanover City, Germany, and Utrecht City Government, and the like. The EU wants to introduce Changde's urban water management concepts and technical methods to Changde as an example. Wu Lin, a project official of the EU Representative Office in China, said that China, which accounts for 21% of the world's population, only accounts for 6% of water resources. The growing water demand and water shortage are becoming contradictions in social development. The EU recognizes that Such problems exist in developing regions of the world, and solutions must rely on the efforts of the world.
Hanover and Utrecht introduced the experience of urban water management to the participants, and Shanghai, China and Dhaka, Bangladesh introduced the urban river management.
