Schistosomiasis, an important parasitic disease, is severely harmful to human health in China. The beach along the Yangtze River is a important habitat of snail that is Schistosomiasis’s only intermediate host. The program of afforesting for wiping out snail (Oncomelania hupensisi) and Schistosomiasis, comprehensive administration and exploitation of the three kinds of beaches proposed by Peng Zhenhua and Jiang Zehui is a pioneering work based on the ecological and economic theory. The development process of forestry for snail control and Schistosomiasis prevention is reviewed, and mechanisms and major afforesting techniques are summarized in this paper. Schistosomiasis, an important parasitic disease, is severely harmful to human health in China. The beach along the Yangtze River is a important habitat of snail that is Schistosomiasis’s only intermediate host. The program for afforesting for wiping out snail (Oncomelania hupensisi) and Schistosomiasis, comprehensive administration and exploitation of the three kinds of beaches proposed by Peng Zhenhua and Jiang Zehui is a pioneering work based on the ecological and economic theory. The development process of forestry for snail control and Schistosomiasis prevention is reviewed, and mechanisms and major afforesting techniques are summarized in this paper.