Abstract: The height of Gongboxia concrete face slab rock－fill dam is 132.20 m, and the dam located in the earthquake area with asymmetric river valley.The weather there is cold and dry, with great temperature difference.The complex lithology leads to huge difference with excavate material.To master dam operation, typical monitoring sections were chosen, and both manual and automatic monitoring items were arranged.Further, the management of safety monitoring was brought into the dam safety information management system for the upstream cascade hydropower stations on the Yellow River, which was of great meaning to dam safety and operation.This paper introduced the arrangement of safety monitoring system and its management, for reference.