Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Design and Research (hereinafter referred to as CISPDR), affiliated to the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Water Resources Commission, Ministry of Water Resources, is a state-owned technology-based firm and an international contractor, providing whole-process technical services for engineering construction of all sectors, dominated by survey and design for the water resources and hydropower projects at home and aboard. CISPDR is one of the Top 500 enterprises in service sector in China, and ranks No.10 in 2012 ENR Top 60 Chinese Design Firms.

      CISPDR is a state high-tech firm , with high class qualifications, such as Integrated Class-A Qualification of Engineering Design and Integrated Class-A Qualification of Engineering Survey, as well as qualification for contracting aboard. It is headquartered in Wuhan, and has branch offices in such provinces/municipalities/autonomous regions as Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Tibet. CISPDR has a multidisciplinary team of more than 2000 professionals, including 3 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 masters of National Engineering Survey and Design, 251 professor-level senior engineers, 980 senior engineers and over 1,100 registered engineers.

      Over half a century, CISPDR has undertaken integrated planning for rivers and lakes, represented by the Master Plan of the Yangtze River Basin, and survey and design for hundreds of engineering projects including the Three Gorges Project and the Middle Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. The service extends to 45 countries and regions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, focusing on survey, planning, design, scientific research, consultancy, construction supervision and EPC contracting in the sectors of water resources, electric power, municipal utilities, transportation, construction industry, environmental protection and new energy, etc.

     CISPDR possesses 300 national patents and has been awarded more than 400 national awards in terms of technical invention, scientific and technology progress, and excellent engineering survey and design. 5 employees were awarded the title of National Model Workers and 10 employees were awarded the National Labor Metal. CISPDR was conferred the national excellent water resources enterprise and AAA+ credit class. In 2003, CISPDR won the national May 1st Labor Metal.