The wet land in Dongting lake area is one of the largest freshwater lake wet land in China,covering an area of 8.77×10⁵ hm².The complexity and diversity of wet land types and eco-environment created rich biological resources,climate resources,water resources,land resources and tourist resources.However,owing to the unreasonable utilization of mankind for a long time,the wet lands have changed a great deal in area and landscape structure,the ecological function had seriously been influenced and menaced.The main problems of wet land resources development and utilization are analyzed,and the countermeasures of sustainable utilization of wet land resources in Dongting lake are put forward.