当前，我国水资源面临的突出问题是：严重的洪涝灾害、水资源短缺和水污染。这些问题对国民经济发展和社会生活造成的“瓶颈”制约非常严重，事关在即将到来的新世纪，中国社会经济能否实现可持续发展。我们必须用跨世纪发展的战略眼光，高度重视中国的水资源和水利事业。... At present, the prominent problems that our country’s water resources are facing are: serious floods, water shortages and water pollution. The “bottlenecks” imposed by these issues on the national economic development and social life are very serious. It is related to whether or not China’s social economy can achieve sustainable development in the coming new century. We must attach great importance to China’s water resources and water conservancy with a strategic vision of cross-century development. ...