To build China national sustainable communities(CNSCs) is an important action in the sustainable development strategy carried on in China.The general situation of the development of CNSC and thecalculating method of sustainable development level are summaried.Taking 14 prefectural-level cities for example

choosing 19 assessment indices from four aspects of economic

social

resource and environment

this paper calculated the developing indexes about every subsystem

the degree of coordination and the sustainable development level.According to the degree of coordination and sustainable development level of every city

three different sustainable development types are distinguished by adopting the method of clustering analysis

those are:(1) the degree of coordination and sustainable development levels are all higher than others(ChSh);(2) the levels are all lower than others(CLSL);(3) the levels are in the middle of ChSh and CLSL(CmSm).The CmSm is further divided into two subtypes by the economic and social development level

the one is very prominent

the other is almost balanced.The geographical distribution of the different patterns is also illustrated and the leading direction of future development is suggested at last about different types of CNSCs.