PREFACE1 Water and Agriculture 1.1 Water and Drought 1.2 Irrigation and Agriculture2 Overview of Water Saving Irrigation Development 2.1 Progress of Water Saving Irrigation Development 2.2 Scientific and Technical Support to the Development of WaterSaving Irrigation 2.3 Water Saving Irrigation Facilities and Equipments3 Strategy on Water Saving Irrigation Development 3.1 General Train of Thought 3.2 The Way Forward toward Water Saving Irrigation by Regio4 Technical System and Index of Water Saving Irrigation 4.1 Technical System of Water Saving Irrigation 4.2 Technical Index of Water Saving Irrigation5 Main Measures of Water Saving Irrigation 5.1 To Rationally Allocate and Efficiently Use Irrigation WaterSources 5.2 To Increase Water Conveyance and Allocation Efficiency 5.3 To Increase Water Use Efficiency of Surface Water Irrigation 5.4 Sprinkler Irrigation 5.5 Micro Irrigation 5.6 Dibble Seeding and Water Injecting Technology 5.7 Agronomic Water Saving Technologies and Measures 5.8 Management Water Saving Technologies and Measures6 Laws, Regulatio and Policies on Water Saving Irrigation 6.1 Laws and Regulatio 6.2 Policies for Agricultural Water Coervation 6.3 Technical Standards on Water Saving Irrigation7 Effects from Water Saving Irrigation 7.1 Increased Irrigation Water Use Efficiency 7.2 Increased Water Productivity and Overall AgriculturalProduction Capacity 7.3 Speeded up the Traformation from Traditional Agriculture toModern Agriculture 7.4 Relieved the Contradictio between Water Supply and WaterDemand, Improved the Ecological Environment in Some Areas 7.5 Promoted the Development of Water Saving Irrigation Equipmentand Facility Industry8 Conclusio