Since the founding of new China,there have occurred increasingly devastating water crises in Beijing.This situation has seriously hindered the economic and social development of Beijing and caused great concern from the central government of the state and the municipal government of Beijing,so that a series of measures have been taken to alleviate the problem.The Summit Meeting on Environment and Development held by the United Nations in June,1992 put forward the idea of sustainable development,and Chinese Government has made its commitment to the world.Based on this background,the paper analyses the status of the development and application of the water resources in Beijing and reviews its course,and points out the major problems on water resources nowadays in Beijing,and illustrates the ways towards sustainable development of water resources in Beijing.