Abstract:In recent years, Shandong Province has attached great importance to the construction of beautiful and happy rivers and lakes. Since the deployment and launch of the program of beautiful and happy demonstration rivers and lakes in 2020, the 3 levels of governments from province, municipality and county, have linked up to realize the full coverage of the program in all counties basically. Accordingly, the sense of gain, happiness and security of the people along the rivers have been greatly enhanced. In order to better promote the high- quality development of the program in the new stage, this paper conducts research on the progress of the program in various regions in the past five years, such as the relevant investment, the difficulties and problems, as well as experiences and suggestions, so as to provide a reference for continuously deepening the construction of happy rivers and lakes program.