【Objective】 The difference of grazing intensity between herdsmen’s self-owned grassland and rentingrassland was studied,so as to correctly understand the real effect of grassland transfer,and to promote the stan-dardization of grassland transfer and the improvement of grassland ecological environment.【Method】 Based on the field survey data from six towns( Sumu) in West Ujimqin Banner,Inner Mongolia,the difference of self-owned andrent-in grassland plots on grazing intensity of herdsmen were investigated by propensity scoring matching (PSM)method. On this basis,ordinary least squares( OLS) was used to further analyze the possible role of different contrac-tual arrangements on the grazing intensity of herdsmen in rent-in grassland.【Result】 The results show that:1) Thegrazing intensity of herdsmen on their self-owned grassland and on the rent-in grassland was different. Aftertransferring-in grassland,herdsmen would reduce the grazing intensity of their self-owned grassland and tend tostock more livestock on the rent-in grassland. 2) There were differences in the effects of different contractual ar-rangements of the grazing intensity in the rent-in grassland. Signing written contracts and transferring form relativesand acquaintances could restrain the grazing intensity of herdsmen to a certain extent,while agreeing on the length ofthe transfer did not have a significant effect on the grazing intensity of herdsmen.【Conclusion】 In the process of sub-sequent grassland transfer,it is necessary to focus on the supervision of use degree of rent-in grassland,enhance thebinding force of the transfer contract and support the new animal husbandry business entities.