水文工作回顾与展望

新中国成立５０年来，水文工作经历了迅速发展、曲折前进，改革开放三个发展阶段。新中国的水文工作在水文测验、水文情报预报，水文分析计算和水资源评价，水文科学研究，水文教育，水文国际合作与交流诸方面都取得了前所未有的巨大成就，为社会主义建设作出了巨大贡献。当前，中国水文工作面临着新的挑战和机遇，今后必须有新的发展，以满足新的迫切的社会需求。

Review and Prospect of Hydrological Services of P.R.C

The history of hydrological services of People'e Republic of China may be described as three periods,i.e. the period of rapid development (year l949-1957),the period of undulant development (year l958-l978) andthe period of advance due to reform and open policy (year l979-l999). Great achievements have been gained inmany fields 0f hydrological services including hydrological data acquisitin and processing, hydrological informationoand forecasting, hydrological analysis and computation, water resources assessment, the relevant researches, educa-tion and international cooperation. All of above those have contributed a lot to the socialist construction. At pre-sent, the hydrological services are facing new challenges and opportunities, and must make big strides forward continuously in order to meet new urgent requirements.