Abstract: Land is man’s most valuable natural resource which is also the fundamental means of agricultural production.The scope and profundity of use of the land resou-rces indicates the scale and level of the agriculturel production of the country.The present article tries to discuss some problems on the rational utilization of land resources in China in three aspects:main characteristics of the land resources,chief problems on the use of land resources and principal approaches to the rational use and protection of the land resources of China.The article stresses in particular the main approaches to the rational use of land resources such as scientific investegation of the land resources,adaptation to local conditions,comprehensive utilization of lands and application of scientific techniques.