Management of the ecological environment in the Three Gorges reservoir area is a difficult and world-scale problem.Resettlement of migrants from the Three Gorges reservoir area is a very important issue affecting ecological environmental protection and construction.Based on an analysis of the environmental capacity and differences in the characteristics of resettled migrants.This study considered and appraised the environmental capacity of migrants resettled to Ouying village,Fengjie County,with respect to local resources and environmental and econom ic development levels.Results indicate that,under the local resource and environmental and development conditions,an acceptable number of migrants for resettlement is 1500.With adjustment of the agricultural production area and advancement of industrialization environmental capacity for migrants resettled to Ouying village,Fengjie County,the capacity ofm igrants could be slightly enhanced.This article also discusses the migrant resettlement and regional sustainable development.