The Yangtze River waterway informatization construction is a systematic engineering that will be deepen continuously and improved constantly.With the initiation of the Yangtze River waterway informatization series project,the Yangtze River waterway informatization has been developing rapidly and achieving great success.So,it is necessary to carry on the systematic summary and scientific judgment of the existing achievement to guide the subsequent course of informatization planning and construction.According to the need of waterway informatization,relevant researches of informatization evaluation at home and abroad are analyzed comprehensively,and the Yangtze River waterway informatization construction benefit evaluation index system and evaluation method are designed to the operational level.