With the efforts of editor-in-chief Luo Pingping, the first editorial board of Frontiers of Chinese Water Sciences was established (29 members in total). Among them, the associate editors are Professor Chen Yaning (Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor He Bin (Institute of Eco-Environment and Soil, Guangdong Academy of Sciences), Professor Zuo Qiting (Zhengzhou University), Professor Zhang Fan (Institute of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor Zhang Yongguang (Nanjing University), Professor Chen Ji (University of Hong Kong), Professor Wang Genxu (Sichuan University), the Secretary-General is Professor Duan Weili (Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences), and the Deputy Secretary-General is Associate Professor Hu Maochuan (Sun Yat-sen University), Associate Professor Guo Bin (Xi'an University of Science and Technology), and the editorial board includes Professor Hou Jingming (Xi'an University of Technology), Professor Wu Yiping (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Professor Jing Ma (Xi'an Jiaotong University), Professor Cheng Hongfei (Chang'an University), ProfessorYuan Xing (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology), Professor Huang Guangwei (Sophia University), Professor Duan Qingyun (Hohai University), Professor Xu Xianli (Institute of Subtropics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor Van Thran Van (McGill University, Canada), Professor Huang Jinhui (Nankai University) ), Professor Josh Viers (University of California, Merced), Assistant Professor Gao Liang (University of Macau), Professor Xie Zhenghui (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor Shen Yanjun (Institute of Genetics and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Professor Wang Guoqing (Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute) , Professor Liu Jiahong (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research), Professor Chen Xiaohong (Sun Yat-sen University), and Professor Huang Guoru (South China University of Technology).