According to the force characteristics，hydraulic structures for water transport engineering are classified into high-pile structures，sheet pile structures，gravity structures，and bank slopes. Based on the analysis of the seismic response characteristics of various structures of the water transport engineering under the earthquake，with reference to the domestic and foreign structural seismic design codes，considering the characteristics of China’s water transport engineering and inheritance of China’s water transport engineering codes，and in conjunction with the need to go global with standards，we propose suggestions on the seismic protection standards for different structures of the water transport engineering，which may serve as reference for the revision of China’s Seismic Design Code for Water Transport Engineering.