Abstract:It is of great practical significance to incorporate the “Ecological Civilization Construction” into China’s national construction framework on the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which will greatly promote the processes of bring goals of resources, environmental and ecological protection into national and regional development decision-makings. Water is a kind of strategic resource for a variety of attributes and functions. The status quo and future trends of China’s water problems will be fundamental influencing factors of “Ecological Civilization Construction”. Therefore, in this paper, the strategies, objectives, and major initiatives of the Integrated Water Resource Management in the future are put forward based on a comprehensive review and a forward-looking analysis on China’s water problems.