Under the background of " The Belt and Road Initiative ",cultural resources utilization is an important approach to promote ethnic minority areas economic development.Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county with rich cultural resources,is the only one area of Miao ethnic habitation in Chongqing.But in the process of cultural resource development,it exists some problems,such as market entity awareness weak,product development difficulty,resources application incomplete,poor attraction and insufficient experience of products,So it must adhere the principle of comprehensive,coordinated and sustainable development,through improving the government monitoring and management system,expanding financing channels,innovativing development types of culture product,strengthening human resource construction,expanding propaganda,hosting festival activities,and using multiple ways to enhance the transformation of cultural resources,promote cultural industry development in ethnic minority areas.