On September 24, 2020, on the first anniversary of the speech of the Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and High-quality Development Symposium by General Secretary Xi Jinping, the "Yellow River Sediment Discrimination" Yuyuan six-person talk theme salon was held in Beijing. Wang Hao, Zhang Zhitong, Six guests, An Wei, Pang Jinwu, Jiang Enhui, and Wang Yuanjian, discussed the Yellow River sediment treatment and resource utilization, and provided suggestions and suggestions for the management and protection of the Yellow River and the high-quality development of the basin. This event was jointly initiated by the China Water Conservancy Journal, the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, and the Technical Committee of Reservoir Sediment Treatment and Resource Utilization of the Chinese Society of Dam Engineering.

General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out in his "September 18" speech that "The Yellow River has less water and more sand and the uncoordinated relationship between water and sand is the crux of the Yellow River's complexity and incurable treatment.... To ensure the long-term stability of the Yellow River, we must firmly grasp the water. The relationship between sand and sand regulates this'null nose'.” The guests agreed that sedimentation is a long-term problem in the Yellow River Basin. To implement the requirements of the General Secretary and handle the relationship between water and sand in the Yellow River, we must dialectically address the problem of sedimentation. Looking at the Yellow River sediment problem from the perspective of resource utilization, tapping its resource value, and realizing the transformation of "harm" into "profit" and "waste" into "treasure" are of great significance and broad prospects.

The guests systematically combed the development history, overall structure and utilization mode of the new concept of organic integration of Yellow River sediment treatment and resource utilization. In combination with actual application cases, Yangtze River Enhui, deputy institute of the Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, introduced the whole chain technology of "measurement-take-transport-use-evaluation" for the utilization of sediment resources in the Yellow River.

Operation mechanism and investment model are the "stuck" and "pain points" of the current utilization of sediment treatment resources. The guests and the audience had a lively discussion on this. Everyone believes that the promotion of sediment treatment and resource utilization requires "two wheels to go hand in hand." "One wheel" is a major scientific research represented by the entire chain of technology, and the other wheel is various policy measures involving operational mechanisms.

Wang Hao, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of the State Key Laboratory of Water Cycle Simulation and Regulation in the Basin, believes that the use of sediment resources is of great significance and is a vivid practice of implementing Jinping’s ecological civilization thought and promoting the construction of ecological civilization. The use of sediment in the Yellow River must first strengthen planning and guidance, and the planning should focus on the word "use". The operating mechanism should be innovated again, and a new way should be found, and enterprise standards, group standards, industry standards, and national standards should be gradually formed. It is suggested that the government should have a strong policy-based grasp, guide the utilization of solid waste resources to achieve multiple wins, coordinate the relationship between water and sand on the Yellow River as soon as possible, and build a happy river that benefits the people.

Zhang Zhitong, former chief planner of the Ministry of Water Resources and president of the China Water Conservancy Enterprise Association, believes that the difficulty in the governance of the Yellow River lies in sedimentation. It is recommended to learn from the sand mining management practices of the Yangtze River, strengthen research, and develop sediment utilization for different regions and different sections of the Yellow River. Plan, promulgate management measures, and explore the establishment of a scientific operation mechanism.

An Wei, deputy secretary of the Sanmenxia Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Henan Province, suggested that the utilization of sediment resources should be included in the overall plan for the implementation of the spirit of the Yellow River speech by the General Secretary, and Sanmenxia City should be used as a landscape, forest, field, lake, and sand system by means of an authorized pilot. The national demonstration zone for governance has been explored to promote the use of sediment resources through strengthening scientific guidance, government guidance, corporate entities, and market-oriented operations.