Management on position setting is a big breakthrough in reforming human resources systems in institutional organizations.It is also an indispensable sub-project in a series of reforms in the institutional organizations.With the deepening of human resources reforms,setting positions and its management display more importance and necessity.Furthering position management is the basics of all reforms on human resources systems.It will greatly promote the establishment of a new human resources system.Furthermore,it is critical to reforms on salary systems.This paper makes a survey on the development of position setting and management in Ningbo Municipal institutional organizations.A solid foundation is laid on position setting principles,and the pressing concerns are pointed out about the management of position setting.The author also proposes to cope with six elations as well as their specific measures in further carrying out the management of position setting.Suggestions are finally put forward to rationalize the position setting and management in the institutional organizations.