The evaluation of coordination degree between land use and socio-economy is of great significance to guide the development of land use and socio-economy in a region.The index system and model for an com-prehensive evaluation of land use and socio-economy in Gulang County were constructed by referring to the concepts of coordination degree and coordinated development degree.Accordingly

aquantitative assessment was made for the relative/absolute coordination degree and coordinated development degree between land use and socio-economy from 2000to 2008in the county. Results from the research indicated that the change in the grade for relative coordination degree was greater

which belonged to the models of rapid economic devel-opment in 2001

2002and 2006

retreated land use in 2003

and rapid land use development from 2004to 2005and 2007to 2008.The grade for absolute coordination degree was high

which belonged to the models of intermediate coordination in 2000and high-quality coordination in the other years. The coordinated devel-opment degree showed an upward trend year by year and underwent a transformation from the model of the slight maladjustment with a socio-economy lag to the model of the good coordination with a land use lag.