Abstract: Based on the study of the spatial-temporal transformation of land exploitation / land cover change (LUCC) in Yanqi Basin,this paper has revealed the impact of the change of the use of land on LUCC in the context of climate change and intensified production activities,and its impact on land use pattern,ecology environmental effects,socio-economic conditions of the driving mechanism.The LUCC features of Yanqi Basin from 2010 to 2015 have been analyzed,and the prediction of LUCC in Yanqi Basin from 2015 to 2024 and in the final state of steady state has been carried out by combining RS and GIS techniques and Markov model.The results show that demand of construction land and cultivated land has increased significantly,and the areas of unused land has decreased the most; the growth and reduction rate reached the peak in 2015—2018,then decreased gradually.And unused land is the main source of new cultivated land,while cultivated land is the main source of new construction land.Water and sand areas have decreased slightly.Grassland and saline-alkali land areas have changed little,but the frequency of frequent rotation,wetland area remains stable.In the future,the change of LUCC in Yanqi Basin will be intense,and the pressure of social and economic development on the natural environment is increasing.