Twenty years of flood resource utilization in China:progress and prospects
HU Siyi
HU Qingfang
WANG Zongzhi
HOU Ying
Abstract：Flood resource utilization serves as a significant approach to realizing simultaneous drought and flood mitigation and enhancing comprehensive water security.Over the past two decades since 2000,China has achieved important progress in theoretical research,technological innovation,and practical exploration in this field.The advancements in fundamental theory are primarily reflected in a renewed understanding of the resource attributes and ecological functions of flood,clarifying the basic concepts of flood resource utilization and establishing an evaluation system for its effectiveness.Key technological breakthroughs have been made in flood forecasting,dynamic control of reservoir flood limit water levels,and joint utilization of surface and groundwater during floods.In terms of practical implementation,flood resource utilization has been incorporated as a fundamental requirement in the flood control planning of China's seven major river basins,with numerous successful cases emerging in major water conservancy projects,basin-wide initiatives,and inter-basin applications.This paper further outlined the main constraints facing flood resource utilization in China and provided an outlook on its future development.Finally,suggestions were proposed to promote the development of flood resource utilization to a higher level,focusing on overcoming institutional barriers,strengthening engineering systems,enhancing information support,and accelerating technological innovation.
Keywords：flood resource utilizationtheoretical and technological innovationpractical progressconstraintflood prediction and forecastingdynamic control of reservoir flood limit water leveljoint utilization of surface and groundwater during flood
Publication Date：2026-03-12
Online Publishing Date：2026-04-07(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 6-12 )