Accompanied by the “7.20” urban rainstorm flood disaster in Zhengzhou, the storm water engineering infrastructure of Zhengzhou has been suffered a big test unprecedentedly. Under the guidance of new standards and new norms, the upgrading and reconstruction of the existing urban rainwater system has been put on the agenda. This article takes the rainwater system of Zhengzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone as the analysis object and proposes 5 suggestions for the transformation of the urban rainwater system design: Comprehensively consider the regional status quo, set design standards for rainwater engineering; discuss regional upgrades in conjunction with major infrastructure; rationally design rainwater systems in combination with urban verticals; combine upstream and downstream construction to improve the upgrade plan for the main network in the old city; establish a coupling model of the pipe network system and the road drainage system to design the drainage channels reasonably.