This article is based on the analysis of the land-use pattern shifting in the Xinkai River basin and its driving factors, which has been made with the support of ARC/INFO software after the Markov model of space probability, in the light of the relief maps and the TM remote-sensing data for the various periods, shows that the land-use pattern in the basin has been unreasonable, as is proved by such facts as existence of few woods, serious land saline-desertification and progressive reduction of grassland - a general degradation of the eco-environment in the area. The reason for the degradation, the ecological significance of the pattern shifting and the appropriate measures to improve the eco-environment are dealt with in this article.