The Yangtze River Basin is endowed with uniquely distinctive agricultural cultural heritage，which represents not only valuable historical and cultural resources，but also extremely important production and livelihood resources that ensure food security and sustainable agricultural development. Proper preservation and utilization of such agricultural cultural heritage can deliver its cultural dividends that will benefit the country and the people. This will create a viable model of “cultural resources→cultural assets→cultural dividends”，which will make valuable contribution to the promotion of high-quality development along the Yangtze River Economic Belt and achieving sustainable development in cultural，social，environmental and economic dimensions.