The beach area of the lower Yellow River has always been threatened by floods, its economy is undeveloped and its ecological environment is fragile. Moreover, its governance has always been complex and difficult, which involves a variety of factors, departments and problems. Firstly, this paper reviews the development and management history of the beach area, and summarizes representative views and ideas about the governance based on the analysis of published literature and field research. On this basis the article argues that the governance of the beach area of the lower Yellow River is a complex issue, which should take flood prevention security, ecological environmental protection, industrial development and people's livelihood into consideration. Therefore, synergy governance by multiple departments, industries, levels, regions and disciplines is required. Then, the article constructs a synergy governance system for the beach area, including governance goals, guiding ideology, governing subjects and governing objects. The governing subjects feature multi-sector, multi-industry, multi-layer, multi-region and multi-discipline. The governing objects are multi-faced synergy governance including protection and development, engineering construction, financial investment, policy system, administration, cultural tourism, technical research and development, and so on. Finally, it puts forward some ideas and suggestions for the synergy governance of the beach area. This article provides new ideas for implementation of the strategy of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River basin, as well as flood prevention security, attaining shaking off poverty and achieving prosperity and ecological civilization construction.

the lower Yellow River  /  beach area  /  synergy governance