The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Capital Normal University together with the International Water Association (IWA) will be organizing the 16th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Eutrophication on August 18 - 23, 2013, in Beijing. This is one of the major conferences that RCEES would be organizing in order to fulfil its endeavour to promote non-point pollution control technology in China and provide the international forum for discussion it in the world.