Land use structure, socioeconomic structure and macroeconomic regulation —empirical analysis based on different regions of China

Using data from China, we investigate the relationship between land use structure and socioeconomic structure of the whole country and regions in different types of land utilization. The conclusions are as follows. (1) Land use structure and socioeconomic structure interact with each other significantly. The transformation of industrial structure and the optimization of land use structure make significant contributions to Chinese socioeconomic development. It´s possible for Chinese government to conduct macroeconomic regulation by using means of land policies. (2) The interaction between land use structure and socioeconomic structure is of significant regional difference in China. Using hierarchical clustering method, land use structures of 31 Chinese provinces can be classified into four types. We prove that further analyzing regions in different types of land utilization is helpful to deepen the exploration of the relationship between land use structure and socioeconomic structure.