Yuanhuiqu irrigation area was built in 1957 with a designed irrigation area of 24 700 hm2and an effective irrigation area of 18 900 hm2.It is one of the important commodity grain bases in Jiangxi province and plays an important role in food security，ecological environment protection and regional economic and social development.With the rapid development of economy and society，and constantly meeting the people's growing needs for a better life，problems such as imperfect infrastructure，low efficiency and benefit of irrigation water，the backward of information automation construction and management in Yuanhuiqu irrigation area are not suitable for the requirements of watersaving society and ecological civilization construction.Taking the opportunity of the planning of renewal supporting and modernization in Yuanhuiqu irrigation area，this paper has introduced the development and important role of water conservancy projects，their shortcomings and reasons，the goals and tasks of modernization of Yuanhuiqu irrigation area.In addition，some suggestions have also been put forward in this paper.