Meili Snow Mountain (MSM) is in the northem Hengduan Mountains.Two parallel rivers run along the east (Lancang River) and west sides (Nujiang River) of MSM.The eastern part of MSM is located in Deqin County,Yunnan Province whereas the west side belongs to Tibet.It is not only one of the richest areas of biodiversity in Yunnan but also in the world.Moreover,cultural resources also are very rich in this area.The peak of MSM (Kawagebo) is one of the eight holy peaks in the region of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and is the only male holy peak.According to the IUCN categories of protected areas,National Parks (NP) are in the second tier of protected areas.NPs are protected mainly for ecosystem conservation and recreation.One of the objectives of the NP is to protect ecosystems and provide a foundation for spiritual,scientific,educational,recreational and visitor opportunities,all of which must be environmentally and culturally compatible.The management of MSM NP is a combined management system that includes the management of NPs according to US specifications as well as specific natural management systems of China.One important management concept of the MSM NP is management zones.However,the current management zone classification system,such as the managing zones of nature reserves,scenic spots,tourism areas,and forest parks are not suitable for NP.Therefore,a new logical and reasonable zone management design method or system needs to be developed.The general goal of the MSM NP is for sustainable development and thus has two objectives:conservation and development.In this work,conservation focuses primarily on biodiversity targets.Development includes eco-tourism and local community development.In order to accomplish the first objective,conservation targets,including ecosystems,species,and cultural targets,were identified by experts.The impacts or threats to the conservation targets also were identified.Afterward,a GIS fuzzy set membership function was used to generate gradient effects of each impact or threat on conservation targets.A pairwise comparison matrix was used to weight the different impacts or threats.A map of conservation suitability was then derived by using multi-criteria evaluation (MCE).In addition,two suitability maps of eco-tourism development and community development were generated by using MCE.The three suitability maps were overlaid to generate a final suitability map both for conservation and development.This map was reclassified by using cluster analysis.Finally,five management zones were classified which link to different management strategies.