The first Belt and Road Water Conference was held in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan province, on Dec 21, 2018. 

The conference was hosted by the International Joint Research Center of Photoelectron Energy Materials at Yunnan University (YNU), and it brought together academics, experts and entrepreneurs from the United States, India, Myanmar and China to discuss the latest research findings related to water treatment. 

Through the conference, organizers hoped to promote exchanges between scientists, entrepreneurs and officials responsible for water treatment, as well as to improve the water conservation environment in China and countries along the Belt and Road.