Background
The IWA Digital Water Programme (DWP) acts as a catalyst for innovation, knowledge and best practice. It provides a platform to share experiences, promotes leadership in transitioning to digital water solutions and consolidates lessons to guide utilities during their digital transformation.
To ensure wider engagement with IWA members on digital water, the DWP is encouraging the formation of regional and topical subgroups where members can share experiences, identify gaps, and come up with efficient solutions on a specific topic.
The IWA Digital Water China subgroup has a regional emphasis where members can exchange knowledge, pinpoint gaps, and develop effective digital solutions for China. The goals of the sub-group are to promote adoption of digital tools and cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, IoT, big data analytics, digital twins, etc., to address problems in the water sector throughout China, and to encourage the Digital Water Innovation in China. The sub-group will also draw on the worldwide IWA knowledge base and expertise.
Objectives of IWA Digital Water China Subgroup
The subgroup aims to:
- Drive digital transformation in the water sector across China by leveraging digital technologies, promoting digital innovations and encouraging adoption of digital solutions.
- Create a platform for knowledge and experience sharing, including best practices, research findings, latest digital technologies and products, and case studies of digital water solutions.
- Foster collaboration among water utilities, technology providers, government agencies, and academia to advance digital water initiatives.
- Identify key challenges for water digital transformation faced in China, and advocate for applying digital solutions to address the challenges for achieving excellence in water management efficiency, sustainability, and service delivery.
- Bridge local professionals with international digital water communities, to enable the water sector in China to both contribute to and learn from best practices worldwide, and to promote a collaborative approach to solving pressing digital water issues.
Expected outcomes
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Expected outputs
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- Identifying digital solutions for the challenges faced across the water sector in China.
- Sharing technologies, experience and best practices to support digital transformation of water sector in China and beyond through webinars, publications, community building.
- Creating a channel to integrate global perspectives and innovations into local practices, and to promote international collaborations on digital water through knowledge exchange, partnerships, translation of resources, and active participation in global initiatives.
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- Webinars, conferences, seminars and workshops
- Newsletters, white papers, standards
- Translation of technical materials: books, reports, paper albums and monographs
- Establishment of a Digital Water community for both domestic and international stakeholders to engage, collaborate, and share insights, through activities of networking, collaborative projects and capacity building
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Steering Group
- Dr Yufeng GUO (Co-Chair) – Deputy General Manager, Three Gorges Smart Water Technology Co., Ltd.
- Professor Aijie WANG (Co-Chair) – Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Dongjian XU (Secretary General) – General Manager, Zhuhai Zhuobang Technology Co., Ltd.
- Dr Weiyan LIU – Vice President, Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.
- Professor Soon-Thiam KHU – Dean, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University
- Chong U LOU – Chief Technology Officer, Water Affairs in Greater China, Suez
- Guangming XU – Head, Drainage Management Office, Changzhou City
- Longzhi LIU – Chief Engineer, Yangtze Ecology and Environment Co., Ltd.
- Dr Miansong HUANG – General Manager, Intelligent Environmental Protection Division, Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group Co., Ltd.
- Feng LIN – Director, Information Center, Shenzhen Water and Environment Group Co., Ltd.
- Dr Dongquan ZHAO – Chairman of the Board, Beijing Tsinghuan Intelligent Water Technology
- Professor Shihu SHU – Professor, Donghua University
- Professor Kunlun XIN – Professor, Tongji University
- Bin YANG – Chairman of the Board, Beijing Kingtrol Data Technology Co., Ltd.
- Songbai TAN – General Manager, Chongqing Yuantong Electronic Technology Development Co., Ltd.
- Guanmin LI – Director, Information Center, Tianjin Water Group Co., Ltd.
- Dr Zhongqing WEI – Deputy Chief Engineer, Fuzhou Water Group Co., Ltd.
- Dr Qiong TAN – Deputy Director, Water and Drainage Department, Shanghai Water (Ocean) Planning and Design Research Institute
- Dr Jianwen ZHU – Chairman of the Board, Hangzhou Water Digital Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd.
- Yong ZHANG – Director, Technical Information Center, Xi’an Water Group Co., Ltd.
- Haozheng WANG – Deputy Chief Engineer, North China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Dr Qiaozhen ZHANG – General Manager, Parallel Digital Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
- Xinping ZHANG – Deputy Chief Engineer, Central & Southern China Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- Chunhu WANG – Director, Information Center, Qingdao Water Group Co., Ltd.
- Professor Zhihua LI – Vice Dean, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
- Jiang FENG – Specialist,Underground Pipeline Committee of Chinese Society for Geodesy, Photogrammetry & Cartography (CSGPC)
- Dr Danguang HUANG – Head, Water Science and Technology Innovation Research Department, Ningbo Water Meter (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Youjia ZHOU – Deputy General Manager, Inspur City Service Technology Co., Ltd.
- Dr Hongcheng WANG (Deputy Secretary General) – Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Dr Ye YUAN (Deputy Secretary General) – Associate Professor, Yancheng Institute of Technology
IWA Secretariat
How to get involved?
Contact Dr Hong LI or Dr Yufeng GUO for more information. Stay up to date on the upcoming IWA educational activities by visiting IWA Learn.
