Abstract:In this paper, an indicator system is put forward to evaluate the efficiency of land use from the view of social benefit, economic benefit, and environmental benefit. By using entropy method and cluster analysis, present conditions and benefit diffenences of urban land use in 14 cities in Gansu Province have been studied comprehensively. It is showed that :there is a significant spatial difference of land use efficiency in Gansu province. The level of natural conditions, location difference and industry structure are all the indicators affecting the spatial differences. Some countermeasures and suggestions have been put forward to optimize the spatial differences of land use efficiency according to the characteristics of land use in different regions in Gansu province.