The author recognized the success in saving land through looking back and summation of the construction of electric power industry,and raised some measures and methods in light of the development trend for the electric power industry.

With several good examples of land saving projects, the paper discusses the measures taken by the aluminum smeltery for the purpose of saving land: rationalizing width of passageway, increasing building factors, integrating the layout of the whole plant, socializing civil utilities, .

This paper discussed the necessity of land saving in general layout of non-ferrous smelters,introduced the improvement achieved in recent years,proposed the approaches and methods of land saving,and provided references to the future design of general layout for non-ferrous smelters.

Technical and economic analysis of farmland saving and environmental Protection by depositing rock spoils into valleys;