A two-day water conservation campaign attracted some 20,000 people from more than 10,000 households in Beijing over the weekend.
China will offer a package of policies to encourage the private sector to tap into the water conservancy infrastructure construction sector.
China's Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei said the government is planning to invest $636 billion through 2020 in various projects.
China and the EU will deepen cooperation in water management by establishing a new platform for sharing experiences.
The Chinese government invests big in water pollution control, pushing to commercialize most technologies, a top environment regulator said Tuesday.
Israel is to loan China $300 million for high-tech water-saving agricultural projects, according to an agreement signed by the two countries.
Large parts of Britain are facing a drought this year after groundwater reached levels not seen for more than 35 years.
The UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of safe water for 88 percent of the globe's population already has been surpassed.
The World Water Forum, the world's largest meeting around water, is held every three years since 1997. The goal of the 6th World Water Forum, held in Marseille, France is to tackle the challenges our world is facing and to bring water high on all political agendas.
