Abstract: Based on multi-temporal satellite remote sensing data such as MSS, ETM, CHERS-2, BJ-2, 02C and TH1, this paper extracted remote sensing information(1975, 2000, 2007 and 2016)of wetlands in the Wanjiang Economic Belt to understand the current status and change regularity of wetlands in this area. The results show that the wetland types of the Wanjiang Economic Belt are mainly river wetland, lake wetland, swamp wetland and artificial wetland, and their distribution and varieties vary unevenly in county-level areas. From 1975 to 2016, the artificial wetlands increased at a rate of 55.32%, whereas the swamp wetlands decreased with a reduction rate of 69.97%. The lake wetlands and river wetlands have relatively stable areas, with grwoth rates of 1.80% and 2.06% respectively. The wetland change can be divided into two stages. The first stage from 1975 to 2007 witnessed an increase of the total wetland area but a decease of river wetland, lake wetland and swamp wetland. The second stage from 2007 to 2016 experenced an incease of the total wetland area, especially river wetland and lake wetland, but a decrease of swamp wetlands. The artificial wetland area continues to increase, and therefore, increasing of wetland area is highly affected by human activities.