Abstract:Sand resource in the Yellow River is very rich. How to deal with the sand resource has always been a major problem. In this paper, combining with present condition in the downstream of the Yellow River in Shandong and Henan provinces, on the basis of studying possibility, technical support, market demand and legal environment of comprehensive development and utilization of sand resource in the Yellow River, relative countermeasures are put forward to use sand resource comprehensively, such as dredging to change waterlogged lowland, making wall materials and reclamating coal mining subsidence areas.