Based on the collected data in the current status of developing and utilizing water resources and implementing water-saving agriculture in Henan Province,and taking into account the influence of engineering,agronomic and management measures,the water- saving potential in past years and the feasibility of implementing semi-dryland farming were analyzed in Henan Province. Finally,specific technical measures of developing semidryland farming in different areas of Henan Province were proposed. Based on the collected data in the current status of developing and utilizing water resources and implementing water-saving agriculture in Henan Province, and taking into account the influence of engineering, agronomic and management measures, the water-saving potential in past years and the feasibility of implementing semi-dryland farming were analyzed in Henan Province. Finally, specific technical measures of developing semidryland farming in different areas of Henan Province were proposed.