Abstract:The subsidy and award policy for farmers and herdsmen is the most policy-based,funded,and beneficiary measures for grassland protection and scientific utilization since the founding of New China,which embodies the thought change of grassland management from material- oriented to people- oriented and practices the idea that development is for the people,depends on the people and development results should be shared by the people.It has achieved great ecological,economical,and social benefits since the implementation.For the aim of sustainable and healthy development of the grassland region,the policy should be extended and optimized in the future.