The emergence of soil and water conservation projects run by local people signals a new trend in the development of such activities.Operational arrangements include lease and contract, shif-lease, joint-share,monopolized management and cooperation between companies and households. Farming, animal husbandry, peripheral production and integrated exploitation are representative styles of land utilization. Problems lie in imbalances in development, the impediment of capital assistant, difficulties in implementing of policies and the violation of owner/operator interest. Management measure for locally-driven projects include systematizing Policy regulation;standardizing management methods;confirming property rights,improving assistance and extension services and stressing the fundamentals of soil and water conservation,including discouraging less important actions.