Abstract:Since the mid 90’s,Water User’s Association(WUA) has rapidly developed with the help of the Chinese government.During this time,researchers carefully studied WUA and its development.These studies focused on operating mechanism,functions,existing problems and solutions.Taken as a whole,as for the research content,the study puts the stress on functions,problems and solutions/countermeasures of WUA,as for the research method,the study tends to use regional experience research method,which shows immethodical characteristics.Therefore,this paper proposes that in order to further explore social and academic values of WUA,guide its healthy development and better develop its social values,it is necessary to attach importance to the deeper research,such as mechanical operations and social foundations,strengthen the use of historical,comparative,and quantitative analysis and pay much attention to the group constuction of scholars with multiple disciplines and varied expertises.