The Millennium Canal started in Jiangsu Province. The Jiangsu section of the Grand Canal has the most diversified characteristics of canal heritage，with a variety of heritage types and abundant quantities. Among them，the core area of the heritage area included in the World Heritage List accounts for about 1/2 of the country，the length of the heritage section accounts for about 1/3 of the country，and the number of heritage sites accounts for about 40% of the country. Jiangsu’s research on the construction of the Grand Canal cultural belt has obvious advantages and bright spots in the 8 provinces and cities in the Grand Canal basin. The publicly published academic achievements of the research on the construction of the Grand Canal cultural belt in Jiangsu have the largest number in the 8 provinces and cities in the Grand Canal basin. The proportion of journal articles is the highest. Supported by a professional official think tank，it has formed a distinctive organizational feature for the study of the Jiangsu Grand Canal. It not only attaches importance to academic contributions，theoretical interpretation and academic exchanges，but also emphasizes suggestions for the construction of the cultural belt of the Jiangsu Grand Canal. At present，the bottleneck problem of the research on the construction of the cultural belt of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province has emerged. The future research on the construction of the cultural belt of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province should further clarify the orientation and objectives of the research on the construction of the cultural belt of the Grand Canal in Jiangsu Province. To further develop the role of think tanks，widely gather advantageous research resources，and improve the level and level of research；Further consolidate the research foundation；Starting canal science personnel training system project in qualified universities；Innovating the domestic and foreign exchange mechanism for the research on the construction of the grand canal cultural belt in Jiangsu.