For the forty years since the establishment of new China great achie- vements of soil and water conservation in Shaanxi Province have been obtained

which is focused in the country and abroad with attention.Ba- sed on the collection and sorting out of the current data

the paper in- dicates the achievements in ten aspects

including the construction in Loess Plateau

comprehensive harness for small catchment

capital construction of farmland

desert control

damming for deposition of farmland

green- ing of deserted hill and slope

exploitation and utilization of resources

techniques in dryland farming

formulation of technical standard and popularization of scientific research results

with large number of facts and values.