Hydrological Bureau of Ministry of Water Resources (Hydrological Center) [1] is a public institution directly under the Ministry of Water Resources. By 1999, the former Hydrology Department of the Ministry of Water Resources and the former Information Center of the Ministry of Water Resources were merged. Its main functions are: to exercise the national management of hydrology, water conservancy communication and water conservancy informatization, to provide hydrological information forecasting and hydrological water resources information services for flood control and drought relief, water resources management and water ecological protection, and to be responsible for the construction and operation management of water conservancy communication information system. Functional offices 1 1, and 5 directly affiliated institutions.

In recent years, the Hydrological Bureau of the Ministry of Water Resources (Hydrological Center) has thoroughly implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development, adhered to the development concept of "macro-hydrology", and vigorously strengthened the construction of hydrological infrastructure and hydrological monitoring, and the national hydrological work has entered a stage of rapid development. At present, more than 39,000 hydrological stations of various types have been built in China, forming a hydrological forecasting network covering rivers, lakes and reservoirs all over the country, and collecting more than 654.38 billion hydrological and water resources data every year, which has provided strong support for water conservancy construction and economic and social development. Insist on informatization to drive water conservancy modernization, focus on promoting the integration of informatization and water conservancy work, and implement eight key projects involving people's livelihood and water conservancy, with remarkable results in water conservancy informatization. Insist on providing accurate and timely rain information and forecast results, safe and efficient information support and stable and reliable communication guarantee for flood control and drought relief, disaster prevention and mitigation, and responding to sudden water events, and have been commended and rewarded by higher authorities many times. Adhere to the construction of spiritual civilization as an important starting point to promote the informatization development of hydrology and water conservancy, and carry out mass civilization creation activities in depth. The creation of spiritual civilization has been stepped up year by year, the civilized quality of cadres and workers has been significantly improved, and the ability of service centers has been continuously enhanced. The work has achieved remarkable results, and it has successively won the honorary titles of national water conservancy civilized unit, central state organ civilized unit, capital civilized unit, national advanced unit of spiritual civilization construction and national civilized unit.