On September 25-28, China Hydrogeography Annual Meeting 2020 was held in Tianjin, co-hosted by the Hydro-geography Professional Committee of the Geographical Society of China (GSC) and School of Earth System Science of Tianjin University. . More than 150 scholars from universities and research institutes across the country participated in the conference both online and offline. Dozens of talks were given under the theme of "Theories and methods of the development of hydrogeography under global change".