《中国南水北调》是由中国工程院和浙江科学技术出版社联手推出的《现代化热门话题丛书》中的一种 ,由著名水利专家严恺院士和刘国纬教授主编并撰稿 ,中国科学院院长路甬祥院士和全国政协副主席钱正英院士分别作序 ,足见科学界和出版界对这一选题的重视和关爱。该书在历史与现 “China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project” is one of the “Hot Topics in Modernization” jointly launched by the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House. It is edited and written by renowned water conservancy experts Yan Kai and Liu Guowei, and Dean of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Lu Yongxiang Academician Qian Zhengying, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, respectively, preface to the order, which shows that the scientific community and the publishing industry attach great importance to this topic and love. The book in history and the present