Abstract:Shanghai is located in the Yangtze River Delta and is a typical plain river network area. In order to promote the construction of the Green Ring in Jiading New Town of Shanghai, and satisfy the requirements of flood control and waterlogging drainage and improve the ecological landscape of river, the problems existing in the current river construction, such as insufficient cross section of river, serious scouring of bank slope and ecological environment of river to be improved are analyzed. And combined with the relevant ecological river construction experience in the plain river network area, the design concept and method of ecological river construction are reflected and discussed, which provides the reference for the construction of ecological river in other areas.