This is a monograph with high perspicacity on the water resources management oriented to sustainable development in the past 20 years in China, which is informative, comprehensive but concise, systematic and in-depth. Professor Shaofeng Jia, Director, Water Resources Research Department, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dr. Lee Seungho has been researching water resource issues in East Asia for decades. His new book, China's Water Resources Management, is the culmination of those efforts. The book details all aspects of water in China from development of water resources, dams, pricing and pollution control to water pricing and includes considerable detail on cross border river management with neighbouring countries. It is a must read for those interested in China and students of water-related issues. Dr. Richard Edmonds, Former Editor, The China Quarterly.