Sand barrier plays an important role in the management of moving sandy land and vegetation restoration,and the gauze sand barrier had the advantages of light material,good toughness,strong tensile strength,long ser-vice life and so on.In this paper,the research results on the selection of gauze sand barrier materials,the setting method of sand barrier,the effect of wind prevention and sand fixation and the effect of vegetation restoration were reviewed since 1989.At the same time,the future development trend of gauze sand barrier was also put forward.