Research progress of water resource management methods innovation at home and abroad was reviewed from the aspects of water resource allocation, water resource use efficiency, rainwater utilization and management, water resources pollution control, public participation, etc. Meanwhile, the application status as well as the potential of different innovative solutions in China was simply analyzed. The authors of this paper thought that the evolution of water resources management should be developed towards the direction of more natural, paying more attention to the original ecological protection of the ecological system, caring more about the application of market, economic means, giving consideration to both justice and efficiency.