Swarovski Waterschool China fue fundada en 2008 y actualmente opera en nueve regiones a lo largo del río Yangtze, desde su nacimiento en la meseta tibetana hasta su desembocadura en el mar de China. Desde su inicio, el programa se ha expandido a otras cuencas fluviales, incluido el río Perla en el sur de China, el río Yarlung Tsampo en el Tíbet y el río Hai en Beijing.
The objective of Swarovski Waterschool China is to foster environmental stewardship through participatory learning and action, by schools and communities, in the selected watersheds of four major river basins. It seeks to enhance education, encourage stewardship, and build community vitality. The topic of water is taught by specially trained school teachers and built into lessons, in a wide range of subjects, in imaginative ways, as special activities are developed for the students. Students have a minimum of one hour of water education per week and a total of 30 hours annually.