On January 22, 2019, with the theme of "strengthening water ecology protection and stepping up holistic water governance", the 8th High-Level Dialogue Conference of the China-Europe Water Platform was convened in Beijing. The conference was focused on exchanging policies and practices in the spheres of protecting water resources and water ecology, improving the quality and stability of ecosystem, and pushing forward integrated governance of mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes and grasslands, by means of sharing experience and discussing mutually beneficial cooperation. H.E. Mr. E Jingping, Minister of Water Resources of China, H.E. Mr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of Environment and Climate Action of Portugal, Mr. Virginijus Sinkevicius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and other senior Chinese and European representatives attended the conference and delivered speeches. Mr. Tian Xuebin, Vice Minister of Water Resources of China, and Mrs. Inês Costa, State Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Climate Action of Portugal, co-chaired the conference.