自然资源部天津海水淡化与综合利用研究所自建所以来，始终重视国际合作与交流，先后与美国、日本、韩国、香港、 以色列等20多个国家和地区的海水利用科研机构、协会及企业建立了长期友好的合作关系；多次组织海水利用工程实地考察、选派技术人员出 国培训、接待国外专家及同行来所访问交流。通过学术访问、参观考察、项目合作、人才培养等多种形式的国际合作，研究所整体科研水平明 显提高，影响力显著增强，在国际海水利用学界的地位明显提高。    

Since its foundation, ISDMU has been paying high attention on international cooperation and exchanges.Now we have been establishing long term friendly cooperation with the seawater utilization institutions,associations, and corporations in over 20 countries and regions including USA, Japan, Korea, Israel, and Hong Kong. We visit seawater utilization sites, send technicians as trainee abroad and receive foreign visitors from time to time. Our researching capacity, influence and standing in the international seawater utilization community are significantly enhanced thorough multiple forms of international cooperation such as academic visit, site visit, project cooperation, and personnel training.