Grassland degeneration is a serious problem in Xinjiang,and has become a main obstacle in the development of pastoral animal husbandry.Through grassland degradation factor evaluation system and gray relational analysis,we found that the main factor of grassland degeneration is the overgrazing rate.The overgrazing activity by pastoralists is the major cause of the deterioration of the grassland ecological environment.The practical evidence for formulating the policy to protect grassland.was proposed in this paper.