Abstract: Soil fauna in subalpine meadows of north-west Sichuan with various grazing pressures were studied to assess the influences of different grazing disturbances on soil fauna communities and to offer some scientific foundation for subalpine meadow ecosystem management. A total of 1 877 individuals were collected and found to represent 3 phyla, 7 classes, 15 orders and 49 groups. There were large differences in the dominant groups of soil fauna under different grazing intensities. The numbers of soil fauna in the various sites were in the order: heavy grazing＞moderate grazing＞light grazing. The individual density of soil micro-fauna was the highest while that of soil macro-fauna was the lowest. Both the individual density and the group number of soil fauna decreased with increasing soil depth and the numbers of groups and individuals of soil fauna in the moderately grazed habitat decreased most dramatically. With the disturbance of grazing pressures and forms, the diversities and evenness of abundance of soil fauna under moderate grazing were lower than those in other habitats, while the dominances were higher.