China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Investigation and Design Association (CWHIDA) which has 390 members is a non-profit,national-wide and self-regulatory organization under the administration of Ministry of Water Resources of the People's Republic of China.In order to satisfy the increasing demand from international water conservancy and hydropower.engineering construction, CWHIDA has formulated the Translation Plan of Technical Standards 2015-2017 and organized its members to translate some technical standards from Chinese into English.The translation of GB 50201-2014 Standard for Flood Control from Chinese into English was organized by CWHIDA in accordance with due procedures and regulations applicable in the country.The translation was undertaken by Yellow River Engineering Consulting Co. , Ltd.The English version of this standard is identical to its Chinese original GB 50201-2014 Standard for Flood Control,which includes the table of contents and main body of the Chinese original GB 50201-2014.Translation task force includes WANG Yu, LIU Juan, PAN Yue, WU Hailiang and ZHANG Zhihong.The English version of this standard was reviewed by ZHU Dangsheng, LEI Xingshun, TIAN Ying, DING Xiuxia, YANG Weijiu, WANG Hong, LUO Sujuan, HU Juan and LIU Jiahui.