The Chatanbei water conservancy project，which was constructed in southern Tang dynasty（937～975），was located in the Jitai basin of Ganjiang river valley.It still has the function of irrigation and is the only World Irrigation Heritage in Jiangxi province.The Chatanbei was built in Jueyu village of Luoxi town，Taihe county.This village has a history of more than 1000 years and is endowed with verdant forest.As far as its long history and landscape，the Chatanbei has potential of being created as a national water conservancy scenic area.However，current measures of protection and utilization are inadequate.In this paper，recommendations about the protection and development of the Chatanbei are suggested on the basis of field survey and summarizing experiences of predecessors.The development should be implemented on the premise of conservation.The long-term function of irrigation，which has benefited local people for more than one thousand years，must be retained.Then，the long history and beautiful natural landscape of the Chatanbei can be fully utilized.The goal of development is to build the Chatanbei as a national water conservancy scenic area．