Abstract:It is of great significance to explore the coordinated development of industrial structure and ecological efficiency for the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin. The super-efficiency SBM-DEA model containing undesired output is used to measure ecological efficiency, and focus on the effects of water pollution and soil erosion control; second, the extended coupling model is used to study the coupling and coordination relationship between the industrial structure and ecological efficiency of the Yellow River Basin , and design the coupling path for upgrading the industrial structure and ecological efficiency according to the relevant coupling features multiple classifications of the provinces in the basin; finally, the paper studies the migration path from the perspective of the space gravity center of the coupling coordination. Through the research, it is found that: The industrial structure and ecological efficiency of the provinces in the Yellow River Basin are generally not high, and they are increasing spatially from the southwest to the northeast with conspicuous provincial differences. The provincial coupling and coordination level is in ladder shaped transformation, showing a "U"-shaped characteristic from time series perspective. With a turning point around 2010, which is consistent with the implementation of the "12th Five-Year Plan". After 2011, the focus of coupling coordination continued to shift to the south, indicating that the southern provinces of the Yellow River Basin had a better coordinated development performance during the "12th Five-Year Plan" and "13th Five-Year Plan". Finally, policies to improve the industrial structure and ecological management of the Yellow River Basin are presented.