The requirements for developing agricultural water pumps are to improve efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and fully utilize natural energy. Replacing multiple small pumps with one large pump can improve unit efficiency, save materials, reduce energy consumption and engineering costs, and facilitate automated management. Therefore, various large axial flow pumps and mixed flow pumps have developed rapidly, with maximum impeller diameters reaching 4.6 meters and 6.2 meters respectively, and supporting power reaching up to 12500 kilowatts. Mixed flow pumps have a trend of replacing some high lift axial flow pumps and low lift centrifugal pumps. In the field of deep well water extraction, submersible electric pumps are mainly developed, with a maximum diameter of 1 meter. Some use 6000 volt high-voltage motors, with a maximum power of 2500 kilowatts. Water turbine pumps, wind pull rod pumps, screw pumps, various human and animal driven diaphragm pumps, piston pumps, and pumps specifically designed for matching sprinkler irrigation equipment have also received varying degrees of attention in China and some other countries.

Energy conservation and emission reduction have become the primary content of China's economic development planning outline, with increasingly stringent emission reduction policies proposed for industries with high energy consumption such as electricity, steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemical, and water treatment. Water pumps, as fluid transportation equipment in industrial centers, account for the primary energy consumption and have become the primary issue that needs to be addressed in energy-saving operations.

The most commonly used driving method for water pumps is through electric motors. The primary energy-saving method for pumps is to operate the pump unit (pump, prime mover, and transformation) at the highest power, reducing the consumption of external input electrical energy to the lowest point. The energy-saving of pumps is a comprehensive skill that touches on various aspects such as pump's own energy-saving, system energy-saving, and operation management.

The energy-saving meaning of pumps is serious: pumps are a major power consumer, and according to the calculation of the General Machinery Industry Association, pump power consumption accounts for about 20% of the country's electricity generation. The promotion of pump power has a serious impact on energy conservation and emission reduction.

Article 4 of the State Council's "Regulations on Property Management" states that the state encourages the adoption of new technologies and methods, and relies on technological progress to improve the level of property management and services. Power saving has always been one of the key tasks in property equipment management. With the continuous promotion of urbanization in China, there are more and more high-level communities and properties, and efficient energy-saving water pumps that ensure energy efficiency in shopping malls have become popular products.