Abstract:

The lower Jinshajiang River region is one of the most important parts alongside the Yangtze River economy belt，and also the center of ecological construction and regional socioeconomic development in Southwest China.The four wellknown skeleton hydropower stations of WestEast Electricity Transmission Project，named Xiangjiaba，Xiluodu，Baihetan and Wudongde from the lower reaches of Jinshajiang River to upriver reaches，are all distributed in this area.Based on the analysis of the resource exploitation and industry sustainable development status，current problems and future scenarios，the main conclusions go as follows：(1) There are abundant and varied agricultural resources，widely distributed mineral resources with valuable predominant minerals，potential tourism resources，but some main problems such as lower level of exploration and development，serious waste and pollution，restraints of financing and transportation and ecoenvironmental frangibility still call for immediate solution；(2) Regional economy develops fast but the overall level is low—farming and animal husbandry industries，in which cropplantation takes the main part，dominates in the sectional structure of economy，and forestry and specialty industries need to be further developed.The existed restraints such as unbalanced structural and regional economic distribution，acute structural deficiency and low economic efficiency need to be cleared out of the way to a sustainable future.At last，this paper brought forward that we should make full use of the chance of step hydropower stations' construction and hydropower exploitation，and should take the “characteristic” and “brand” strategy basd on the advantages of resources to find a sustainable way for resource exploitation and industry development in this special area.

Key words: lower Jinshajiang River, step hydropower station, resource exploitation, industry sustainable development