Based on analyses of fluvial process and the reason of the shoal deformation, the shoals of the middle Yangtze River can be divided into three kinds, i.e. the shoals of the braided reach, the shoal of the straight transitional reach and the shoal of the bend. The influences of cut-off of the lower reach of Jingjiang River and river bed evolution on the shoal due to the set-up of Gezhouba Dam are briefly presention. The regulation principle and the regulation engineering preliminary layouts of the typical shoal are discussed.