Abstract: Based on the TM images of Xishuangbanna in 2014 and remote sensing and GIS techniques,this paper analyzed the current structure of land use in Xishuangbanna,then further investigated and discussed landscape patterns and their spacial characteristics of the study area using several landscape pattern indexes.There results were:① forest was the dominant land use type in Xishuangbanna,followed by mature-rubber plantation,which occupied about 50% and 19.1% of the total area,respectively;tea and young-rubber plantation were the sub-important land use types in this area;② landscape patterns in Xishuangbanna varied greatly in space,for Menghai county in the west,which is the highlands and mountainous region of Xishuangbanna,had the highest landscape diversity index and fragmentation,but relatively lower dominance index and concentration compared to other region;for Jinghong City and Mengla county with low altitude in the central and eastern,landscape diversity index and evenness degree were low,while the landscape dominance index and the concentration degree were relatively high,since the affection of rubber plantation.