Abstract:The rice price in Yangtze Valley in the early Qianlong period,affected by the government's storage policy and purchasing,was on a long term upward trend. Meanwhile,rice harvest,climate,famine and the first Jinchuan War were the factors arising drastic short term changes. Once fluctuation happened,the government adopted many macroeconomic regulatory methods to make the price steady,and local residents also managed to minimize their damages. These fluctuations have made it clear that the Yangtze Valley has formed a highly integrated rice market in the early Qianlong period.