How technology is empowering China's flood control system

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Round Table China

2026-05-25

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Flood season is hitting harder than ever. This year, China isn't just waiting for disasters to happen. It's seeing them coming. Faster warnings. Smarter tech. Less guesswork. The fight against extreme weather is getting an upgrade. On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • Flood season is hitting harder than ever.

  • More rain, stronger storms, unpredictable patterns and the need for better prevention has never been more critical.

  • Things like faster warnings and smarter tech and less guesswork.

  • When every hour counts, the right measures aren't a luxury, they're the difference between reaction and prevention.

  • The fight against extreme weather is getting an upgrade, and it couldn't come soon enough.

  • Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Round Table.

  • I'm Steve Hatherly.

  • Thank you very much for joining us today.

  • And for the show, I'm with Fei Fei and Yusheng.

  • First up, China is entering into a complex flood season

  • with rainfall, typhoons, and growing climate risks putting many regions

  • on alert for floods, landslides, and urban waterlogging.

  • But this year, the country's flood control response is showing a major transformation.

  • What once relied heavily on experience and reactive emergency measures is increasingly becoming faster and smarter and more predictive.

  • Today we'll explore how new technological breakthroughs are reshaping

  • the country's flood prevention system and offering new hope in the fight against extreme weather.

  • Fei Fei and Yusheng, good afternoon to you both.

  • Flood control has become an urgent issue for China not only this year, but exactly right now.