The assessment of water intake license continuation is an important measure to implement the water intake license system. In Shanghai

the water intake license is subject to a tiered approval and management system. Since 2015

efforts have been made to promote the assessment of water intake license continuation. Over the past decade

each approval department has developed a relatively mature operational model. However

due to the lack of relevant techinical documents

there is an inconsistency in the assessment requirements across the city. This article summarizes the main issues of water intake license continuation assessment in Shanghai in combination with the collection of basic data on water intake licenses

questionnaires for the main entities throughout the approval process

and on-site research. It provides research suggestions for unified standards of continuation assessment including defining the form of continuation assessment

clari-fying the key content of the assessment

determining the formulation method of water-saving evaluation

and judging the si-tuations not to be extended

which can further standardize and normalize the approval and management work of water intake licenses in Shanghai.