Abstract:

The Danube River is one international river that covers most countries in the world.The good practices on international cooperation with the Danube River have a positive role in demonstration and reference to other international rivers in the world.Based on the historic cooperation development stages as well as the cooperation characteristics summarized from the Danube River (including adoption of various complementary cooperative mechanisms;〖JP2〗introduction of some advanced notions comprising of risk management〖JP〗 and public participatory approaches and integrated river basin management to promote comprehensive cooperation;use of some modern technologies such as GIS and data management to realize sharing of the river basin information and data;adoption of negotiation and legal instruments to resolve international disputes peacefully) and taking account of the characteristics of China’s international rivers and the development trends in international water laws as well as international rivers cooperation across the world,this paper finally put forwards some inspirations to China:researches and cooperation in relevant aspects of international rivers should be stren〖JP2〗gthened particularly in navigation and hydropower development〖JP〗;adequate attentions should be paid to ecological environment protection on international rivers,and cooperation and coordination across the whole basin is emphasized more and more with flood control;both utilization and protection of international rivers should be insisted in parallel,and a balanced development approach should be followed;characteristics of various international rivers and the context of the regions where they are situated should all be taken into account in order to choose appropriate models of cooperation and management.