以南水北调西线工程为背景，以优化水土关系为基底，以协调人地关系为目标，针对变“水低地高”为“高水高用，洮水东用”用水方案，从生态安全、粮食安全、清洁能源、社会经济稳健发展等方面，对该方案下生态-经济-社会效应进行了分析。结果表明：黄河天然河道与人工自流河道相互配合，可改善黄河中上游区域的水土关系，在甘青宁蒙四省（区）交接区生发出一个山水林田湖草沙冰为一体的超过10万km²的生态经济功能区，为进一步巩固西北生态安全屏障、保障国家粮食安全、促进清洁能源开发利用和区域社会经济稳健发展提供水资源支撑，并对丝绸之路经济带起到“壮骨丰腰”作用。

Taking the West Route of the South to North Water Diversion Project as the background，based on the optimization of water-land relationship， aim at coordinating human-land relationship， Be directed against “changing low water and high ground to high water， low ground for remolding” and “high water consumption and diversion of Taohe River to east are proposed” use schemes： And in terms of ecological safety， food security， clean energy， and steady development of social economy， the eco-economic and social effects of the water use scheme are analyzed. Under this scheme， the cooperation between Yellow River natural channels and artificial artesian channels can improve the water-land relationship of middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. Then over 100 000 square kilometers of eco-economic functional area integrated with landscape， forest， farmland， lake， grass， sand and ice will appear in a barren area locating at the intersection of Gansu， Qinghai， Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. It can provide water resources support to further consolidate the ecological safety barrier in northwest， ensure the national food security， promote the development and utilization of clean energy， steady development of regional social economy， and plays a role in strengthening the bones and waist in the Silk Road Economic Belt.