提出并论述了在大系统中跨学科、跨行业、跨地区实行工程总量控制的新工程管理思想，其在产业结构调整和科技驱动创新等方面促进了经济发展方式的转变。以中央水利工作会议确定的水资源开发、利用和保护的三条红线及笔者在北京、上海主持或参与制定的工程规划为例，为生态文明美丽中国建设对改变水环境、保证水资源的工程总量控制做了定量分析，供各类工程总量控制参考。

The new project management principle of implementing the total control in large, interdisciplinary, cross-industries and cross-regions systems to promote the transformation of the economic development way in the adjustment of industrial structure and the drive of science and technology innovation etc. was presented and discussed. Using three red lines of water resource exploitation, utilization and protection decided in the Central Water Conservancy Working Conference and the project planning which the author chaired or participated in Beijing and Shanghai as the case, the quantitative analysis on the total control of the water environment and resources engineering was made, which can be referenced by all types of the total project control.