On June18^th and 19^th, 2016, the Seminar of Changing Hydrological Process and Water Resources Collocation was successfully held at the multifunction hall of NHRI Information Center. Cosponsored by NHRI and UIUC, the Seminar saw more than 80 attendees from 20 universities and research institutes, such as Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, South University of Science and Technology of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, etc. NHRI vice President LIU Heng presented at NHRI and delivered a welcome speech, and vice Director of Hydrology and Water Resources Department WANG Yintang presided over the Seminar.

Due to the uneven spatial and temporal distribution of precipitation in China, water resources and economic and social development layout are mismatched. In recent years, dually affected by climate change and human activities, changes have taken place in hydrological process, while the demand of economic and social development on water resources is further intensified. It provides an unprecedented challenge while contains a great opportunity of subject innovation at that same time how to scientifically collocate water resources to safeguard the sustainable development of regional economic and social development. In view of this international cutting-edge issue, Prof. CAI Ximing with UIUC, Senior engineer WANG Zongzhi with NHRI and Prof. WANG Dong with Nanjing University jointly convened this Seminar.

At the Seminar, 7 experts including Prof. CAI Ximing with UIUC and Prof. LIU Guowei with NHRI delivered excellent reports to share their latest research findings in the field of hydrology and water resources from the perspective of current status of hydrology and water resources research, hydrosphere evolution, runoff formation, ecology and hydrology coupling, regional assessment and scientific collocation. Meanwhile, the Seminar provided a learning and cooperation platform for each participant with good comments from attendees. A heated discussion was conducted with continuous resonance and consensus achieved at the Seminar, which was of great significance to offer new ideas for quantitative expression of hydrological process and innovation of water resources collocation theory.