This paper reviewed briefly the water supply and sanitation in the targets，progress，implementation models and findings in the three periods namely “International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade”，Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals，having made recommendations in order for China to achieve the sustainable goals，promoting social and economic development. China achieved Millennium Development Goals water target 5 years ahead and sanitation target by 2015 on time. However，there are huge disparities between regions and between urban and rural residents；sanitation facilities are extremely inadequate in health and education institutions. Moreover，several agencies carry the water supply and sanitation mandate，but often do not coordinate and cooperate well，and/or working approaches are not sound enough due to lack of supporting evidence，therefore water supply and sanitation improvement can’t support the maximum impact for health and other aspects. It is recommended that in the sustainable development goals period（2016-2030），sanitation development should focus to reshaping the culture，establishing scientific standards，exploring and using appropriate technologies，fostering market mechanism，nurturing correct behavior，in order to ensure sustainable development.