Abstract:Taking Ji'nan city as the research area, land changes of cultivated area and average capital cultivated land from 1996 to 2010 have been analyzed. By using gray predication method, division of state of GM (1,1) model has been set up, and cultivated land areas in the research area have been predicated. As showed by the result, grey-Markov model is better for volatile data fiting, and has a unique advantage in the forecast. In addition, the cultivated area of Jinan city in 15 years is showing s declining trend. Although the trend in recent years is stable, with the impact of rapid urbanization, population growth and other factors, protection situation is still grim.