The complete implementation of water security work during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period marks a new era for the water security work in China. Taking Danzhou

Hainan Province as a case study

this article focuses on the main problems in water ecological construction

highlights the important role of aquatic ecological restoration in the water security system

and aims to provide new ideas and strategies to restore the water ecological environments in Danzhou City. Taking the terrain conditions

urban location and river system of Danzhou into consideration

it proposes a water ecological security pattern suitable for Danzhou. Furthermore

it puts forward a series of measures to control the water ecological space and to build the water ecological protection belts and corridors

which can improve not only the water ecological functions of the new and old urban areas

but also the water security capability of Danzhou.