针对三峡水库开县淹没区淹没损失大，同时鉴于原研究的大防护方案被否定和分块小防护方案并不完全有效，提出了泄水拦沙淤地还田方案。方案如实现后可保护淹没耕地 2520hm²（3.78万亩），新增河滩地733.3 hm²（1.1万亩），能基本补偿开县全部淹没土地3353.3 hm²（5.03万亩）。该方案的指导思想具有新意，一方面是顺应流水的规律，不予堵截；另一方面又将泥沙看成一种资源，拦沙造地，抬高地面高程，便于修堤防护，而且将原土地改造成旱涝保丰收的良田，能做到长治久安。该方案造价低，效益好，而且具有一般性。

The resettlement and loss caused by inundation at Kaixian in the area of the Three Gorge Reservoir is tremendous. The proposals of “large protection” and “small protection” schemes for reducing the inundation have been rejected. A scheme of land creation by sand retaining and water sluicing has been proposed by the author. The principle of this proposal is to keep the water of Xiaojiang River to flow out, but retain the sediment at river bed and flood plain. In this case the sediment is taken as a useful resource to heighten the level of land, on which a lower levee will be easily constructed to protect the farmland along the Xiaojiang branch reservoir.The original farmland will turn to be more rich and be preventable from drought and water logging disaster all the year. All together 37.8 thousands mu (2, 495 hect.) farmland will be protected and 11.0 thousands mu (726 hect. ) flood plain will be changed to farmland. This area can compensate nearly the total inundated land of 50.3 thousand mu (3, 320 hect.) at Kaixian. The feasibility study supported by the Ministry of Water Resources is now carried out. This scheme with its low cost and big profit can be applied to the similar project.