Recently, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government issued the “Bulletin of Hangzhou Municipal People’s Government concerning praising 10 Best Units (Projects) of Hangzhou Municipal Sci-tech Innovation in 2011” [HZBH (2012) No.207], the Center won the honorable title of Hangzhou Municipal 10 Best Higher Education and Research Institutions of Sci- tech Innovation in 2011 by means of its many superiorities, such as higher popularity in the fields of seawater desalination, industrial water treatment, wastewater resource re-use, energy saving and discharge decreasing etc., overall research strength and technical innovation ability which the Center is in leading position domestically, achieving important sci-tech fruits during “11th Five-Year Plan”, and owning the first-rate innovation team domestically etc.