This paper provides a systematic summary of the current status and development direction of the standards system

regulatory system

management mode and technology for dam safety of China′s hy⁃ dropower stations. Responsibility shared among power enterprises

government departments and Large Dam Safety Supervision Center is established as the dam safety management mode of China′s hydropow⁃ er stations. China has released 101 effective standards and formulated a system table for dam safety stan⁃ dards. China has established a regulatory system centered around Regulations on the Supervision and Management of Operation Safety of Hydropower Dams. In the future

China will revise regulations

im⁃ prove standards and develop technologies to enhance the emergency response capability

informatiza⁃ tion

intelligence and internationalization level of dam safety

and promote the stable and far- reaching development of dam safety management.