Empirical Model Decomposition (EMD) was used to study the multi-time scale analysis for the time series of the annual sediment yield of the Jiangjiagou debris flow between 1965 and 2004 in Dongchuan, Yunnan Province. The result shows that this annual sediment yield can be decomposed into three IMF components and one Res trend component. The human activities have changed the local environment, providing the solid material for Jiangjiagou debris flow, thus make the cyclical fluctuations of the annual sediment discharge of debris flow in Jiangjiagou become more complex.