The people in Yanchi County，Ningxia don’t utilize rainwater any more after using tape water, and the rainwater collecting cellars are going to be discarded. An experimental research on the development of vegetables planting in small arch shed, courtyard economy and sheep farming industry by utilizing rainwater was conducted. And the rainwater utilization benefits were analyzed. The results show that rainwater utilization has social benefit, economic benefit and environmental protection benefit. The author of this paper suggested that the government publicise and promote rainwater utilization, exert more efforts on the rainwater collecting field construction, strengthen the construction of small arch shed, and broaden the field of rainwater utilization. 〖KH*2D〗