Water ecological products are useful products and services provided by water ecosystems for human beings

and the establishment of an accounting system for water ecological products will help scientifically formulate ecological compensation standards for water ecological products. In this article

the definitions of “water ecosystem services” and “water ecological products” and the development history are clarified

and the value accounting methods such as alternative market technology method

modeling method and equivalent factor method are analyzed

and finally

the problems that exist in domestic research on the value accountingof water ecological products is pointed out.

which can provide references for future research.