There are more than navigation-obstructing rapids within the 100 meters scope of the upper Yangtze River. Although rapids reaches are not the most navigation-obstructing ones, reaches with rapids usually tend to be the bottle neck or control reach. In the recent years, regulations have been carried out to many rapids on the upper Yangtze River and remarkable achievements have been achieved. This paper summarizes the navigationobstructing features and regulation ideas for typical rapids, hoping to provide reference for rapids regulation in mountainous rivers.