To further advance the sustainable development of water resources, based on the investigation and analysis of China's water resources situation, drawing upon the experience of the developed countries and the previous research, the study integrates the development, protection, management and utilization of the water resources with the legislation, administration, technical innovation, concept change and national action with the systematic, overall, prospective and comprehensive view, the author put forward the solutions and suggestions to advance the sustainable development of water resources. Further accelerating the process of water resources legislation, standardizing and improving the management measures, depending on the science and technology progress, holding the science and technology development concept, improving the water resources development and management level, those are the basic requirement and system guarantee to realize the sustainable utilization of water resources and support the economic and social sustainable development. Continuously improving the water environment and water utilization concept, advocating ‘build an economized society’, meeting the water resources development by ‘practice economy, controlling pollution and developing resources’, taking a series of strategies, realizing the national action, creating an atmosphere of efficient using and scientific managing the water resources in the whole society, those are the effective measures and basic guarantee of improving the sustainable utilization of water resources and benefit all lives of the world. Water resources will be full of meaning and reflecting the performance efficiency of the scientific development, efficient utilization, systemic management and effective protection when the system and action are highly integrated, and the integrated measures effect at the same time. That is the core and key on the concept of major adjustment of the water management.