The water resources in China possesses many characteristics. Besides some unfavourable facfors there are many advantages, such as good availability of the water resources, high utility rate of the river runoff, good conditions of the groundwater storage in short-water regions, relatively rich-water areas existing in poor-water regions, and inexhaustible sea water. Based on these iharalteristihs, we should promote what is benefirial and avoil what is harmful, and continually improve the water resources management so as to make the limited water resources capable to meet the needs of economic development and people's domestic life.