Xiaoyan Yang
Senior Project Officer, East Asia Department, Asian Development Bank

Xiaoyan Yang has worked on integrated water resource management and comprehensive environment improvement for over 10 years. Currently a senior country programs officer at the resident mission in the People’s Republic of China, she is very keen in promoting integrated water resource management and nature-based solutions in managing climatic risks and natural disasters and in sharing knowledge with ADB colleagues and developing member countries.

Explainer

Built in 256 BC, the Dujiangyan system harnesses the power of nature to irrigate farmlands and prevent floods in the People’s Republic of China.