Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute

Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute (NHRI), set up in 1935, originally called Central Hydraulic Research Institute, is the oldest of its kind in China. The Institute was designated by the Chinese Government as one of the national non-profit research institutions for public service in 2001. NHRI is a multipurpose national hydraulic research complex, mainly dedicated to basic research, applied research and technological development, and undertaking directional, principal and comprehensive researches for water conservancy, hydroelectric power and waterway transportation projects as well as researches on soft science and macro decision making. At the same time, the Institute acts as the Dam Safety Management Center, the Research Center for Climate Change, the Engineering Quality Inspection Center and the Nanjing Engineering Measurement Examination Center of the Ministry of Water Resources. For more than 80 years of development, marching toward the world front of water-related sciences, the Institute has become a national research complex specialized in more than 30 research orientations with unique and strong expertise. Affiliated to the Institute are Hydrology and Water Resources Department, Hydraulic Engineering Department, River and Harbor Engineering Department, Geotechnical Engineering Department, Materials and Structural Engineering Department, Dam Safety Management Department, Rural Electrification Department and Hydroinformatics Research Center, in addition to Survey and Design Department, Nanjing R & D High Technology Co., Jiangsu Nanshui Civil Engineering Co., Jiangsu Kexing Engineering Construction Supervision Co. and Nanjing Yunda Co.