This paper mainly analyzed the status of water-saving irrigation techniques and its development trends in China.In the recent years,engineering water-saving irrigation techniques and agronomic water-saving irrigation techniques were all had quiet great progress in China,but the demonstration and application of water-saving techniques had great difficulties yet.It was essential that the State Government should be give the special support to water-saving irrigation from policy,financial and management aspects so as to put water-saving irrigation techniques into effect. Effectively combination of traditional water-saving irrigation techniques and modern high techniques were the key paths to rapidly upgrade China's water-saving techniques.