[Objective] A scientific basis for the development and utilization of water resources and ecological protection in the three northeastern provinces of China (Jilin

Heilongjiang

and Liaoning provinces) from 2012 to 2016 is provided to the scientific management of regional water resources and sustainable development of the economy.[Methods] This study focused on the three provinces in northeast China from 2012 to 2016. The factors examined included water resource conditions

socio-economic developmental level

ecological environment and three aspects of related data

selection of per capita water resources

utilization factor of water resources

modulus of water supply

GDP per capita and per capita domestic water consumption

10 000 yuan of water consumption for industrial production

10 000 yuan of water consumption for agricultural production

farmland irrigation rate

ecological water rate

and forest coverage rate. Using 10 major influencing factors of regional water resource carrying capacity as evaluation factors

a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model was applied.[Results] The average comprehensive score of the three provinces from 2012 to 2016 was 0.468 6 in Liaoning Province

0.684 0 in Jilin Province

and 0.550 2 in Heilongjiang Province.[Conclusion] The water resource development of the three provinces in northeast China has a certain scale. Although the water resource supply can meet the development needs of the provinces to a certain extent

there is still a shortage of water resources.