Advances and Major Achievements in China’s Digital Twin River Basin Development

Dear Colleagues,

Since 2021 (China's 14th Five-Year Plan period), China has launched the construction of digital twin water conservancy systems to achieve smart management goals. Currently, annual investment in digital twin water conservancy exceeds CNY 10 billion and continues to grow. Water conservancy management departments across the country have significantly enhanced the intelligence of operations such as flood control, water resource management, and project scheduling through developing digital twin river basins, digital twin water networks, and digital twin engineering projects. Technologies such as machine learning, knowledge graphs, large language model, remote sensing, drones, high-performance computing, and virtual simulation have been deeply integrated. This has led to the development of software products including remote sensing monitoring platforms, knowledge platforms, data foundation management platforms, digital twin platforms, and integrated decision support platforms for flood control projects. This Special Issue is dedicated to showcasing China's exemplary cases and experiences in digital twin water resources management. Submissions are encouraged to cover the following aspects: case (technology) background, technical framework, application targets, achieved outcomes, and areas for improvement.

Prof. Dr. Yesen Liu
Dr. Yueqin Zhu
Dr. Yaohuan Huang
Guest Editors

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