Abstract: Using the data of remote sensing,references and field investigation in 1980’s,1990’s and 2000,the characteristic of land use and land degradation in mid-eastern China was analyzed.The results show: farmland and woodland are the main land use types,which occupy sixty-eight percent of the total area of mid-eastern China;the area of garden plot,inhabitant land and traffic land is increasing quickly;the area of none-used land is reducing obviously;soil and water erosion has been controlled primarily with decreasing area of soil and water erosion,but the difference between regions is huge,soil and water erosion still becomes more and more serious in some places;the farmland area per capita is small,the utilization intensity great and the multiple-cropping index high;the use of farmland is changing frequently,a lot of woodland and grassland are reclaimed while lots of farmland occupied;the area of farmland in 2000 is reduced by 9.131 5 million and 1.513 1 million hectare compared to the beginning of 1980’s and 1995,respectively;the area of farmland per capita decreases by 0.03 hectare from the beginning of 1980’s to 2000;the soil pollution is more and more serious,the quality of farmland is dropping constantly,and the food safety is intimidated.