通过建立合理的生态补偿机制，实施国家及下游受益区对流域上游地区的补偿，有利于理顺流域上下游间的生态关系和利益关系，促进全流域共同发展。在分析了赤水河流域生态价值和存在的主要问题基础上，提出了赤水河流域生态补偿原则，构建了生态补偿机制的初步框架，指出了生态补偿的方式、途径以及生态补偿保障措施。

To rationalize the ecological relation and benefit-based relation between upstream and downstream areas, and to boost a sustainable development of the whole river basin, it's proposed to establish a rational ecological compensation mechanism and to compensate the upstream areas by the nation and the downstream areas. Based on the analysis of ecological values and main problems in Chishui River basin, the principles of ecological compensation are put forward, and an initial framework for compensation mechanism is proposed. Approaches and methods of eco-compensation and the supporting measures are also presented.