The compensation mechanism for watershed ecology in China has many shortcomings, such as lack of funds, inverse position of right part and duty part, market defect, and multifarious administrations.

• 摘要我国流域生态补偿机制存在着流域生态补偿资金不到位、流域生态补偿权利和义务主体的错位、流域生态补偿市场的缺失以及流域生态多头管理的弊端。