| Ministries | Main Functions | 
| Ministry of Water Resources | Unified management of water resources, river management, flood control, water and soil conservation, management of hydraulic engineers | 
| Ministry of Environment Protection | Water quality management, prevention and control of water pollution, water quality monitoring, water pollution source monitoring | 
| National Development and Reform Commission | Water resources development, planning of ecological environment construction | 
| Ministry of Agriculture | Non-point pollution control, protection water environment of fishery and aquatic wildlife habitats | 
| Ministry of Forestry | Watershed ecology, protection and management of water conservation forests, wetland management | 
| Ministry of Land and Resources | Land resources management, monitoring and supervising the excessive mining and pollution of groundwater | 
| Ministry of Transport | River navigation, marine pollution control | 
| Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | Project planning for urban water supply, drainage and sewage treatment |