The ecological management of river channels is an important part in the construction of ecological civilization. The river revetment is changing from traditional to ecological. As a type of ecological revetment, the ecological bag is used in many rivers in Songjiang, Pudong and Jiading of Shanghai. According to the on-site investigation, the key points of the application technology of ecological bag revetment are analyzed, the problems existing in its application process are elaborated, and the corresponding countermeasures are proposed for the reference of similar construction projects.