Practice and exploration of a new paradigm for human-water harmony empowered by digital intelligence:a case study of the digital-intelligence Mulan River
QIAN Feng
REN Minglei
LIU Changjun
TANG Zhifang
Abstract：The evolution of the human-water relationship,from reverence and adaptation to intelligent synergy,fundamentally reflects the parallel enhancement of humanity's cognitive ability,regulatory capacity,and level of respect for water.The value of"digital intelligence"extends beyond technological innovation.It lies in its evolution into data-driven,precise regulation.It translates the historical philosophy of"basin-wide co-governance"into practice through digital-intelligent platforms,enabling holistic and coordinated management.This paper systematically analyzes the progression toward human-water harmony and proposes a new digital-intelligence empowered paradigm.This paradigm addresses the challenges of coordinating the human-water relationship across three dimensions:technological implementation,institutional innovation,and value realization.It aims to optimize human-computer interaction,achieve seamless integration among humans,water,and machines,and ultimately reconstruct their symbiotic relationship,fulfilling the watershed governance goal of human-water harmony.Taking the Mulan River basin in Fujian Province as an example.Intelligent agents have been proposed across macro-,meso-,and micro-scales:the water status perception and"four pre"(forecasting,early-warning,rehearsal,and contingency planning)intelligent agent,the multi-objective coordinated scheduling intelligent agent,the whole-society participation in governance intelligent agent,and the ecological protection adaptation intelligent agent.These are integrated with institutional mechanisms such as the multi-agent collaboration mechanism and the human-machine cooperative verification mechanism,aiming to build a"digital-intelligent Mulan River"system with autonomous capabilities in perception,analysis,decision-making,collaboration,execution,and feedback.The ultimate goal is to achieve the ideal state of"humans understanding water,water benefiting humans,and machines facilitating harmony",thereby offering a replicable model of intelligent synergy,the Mulan River Sample,for global watershed governance focused on human-water symbiosis.
Keywords：human-water harmonydigital twindigital intelligenceMulan River basinintelligent agenthuman-water relationship
Publication Date：2026-02-12
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 33-38 )