The realization of the value of river and lake ecological products is an important pathway for promoting a virtuous cycle between river and lake protection and governance and economic and social development. Against the backdrop of in-depth promotion of ecological civilization and the implementation of the national“river strategy”

this paper explains the connotation

types

and multiple values of river and lake ecological products

and reviews the theoretical foundations

current situation and tasks

and policy requirements for their value realization. It compares the accounting methods for Gross Ecosystem Product(GEP) and the Value of Ecosystem Products in specific geographic units(VEP). Based on local practices

it summarizes 5 major modes: water-culture-tourism integration

water resource rights trading

green finance support

integration of comprehensive watershed governance with value realization

and“river and lake + ” multi-industry integration. It also puts forward recommendations for advancing the value realization of river and lake ecological products

with a view to providing a reference for the value accounting of river and lake ecological products and the development of value realization mechanisms.