This paper discusses the circular economy, analyzes its function and manifestation in constructing the water-saving society, and puts forward the mode of constructing the water-saving society in the north water shortage city-Anshan city.

• 本文通过对循环经济的探讨，分析了它在节水型社会建设中的作用和表现形式，并针对北方缺水城市鞍山提出了基于循环经济的节水型社会建设模式。