This paper discusses migration, hydropower project migration and the ways of hydropower project resettlement, analysis social management issues of Chinese large and medium-sized hydropower project resettlement, discusses the ways of social management innovation of Chinese large and medium-sized hydropower engineering migration, such as strengthen the migration policies, laws and regulations publicity, straighten out the resettlement management system, strengthen the policies and regulations training of migration cadres, construction of social security system for reservoir migrants.