Abstract: This paper advances a concept on landscape ecological protection area to generalize the special landscape elements which are established in the landscape ecological planning and construction for preserving the stability of all landscape mosaics and the regional continuous development, explans the properties and characters of the area which are different to the pure natural protection regions in common sense. The author classifies these protection areas into 4 types(connection, obstruction, resource and buffer protection areas)according to their functions in landscape, discusses the different characters and evolution tendencies between natural and artificial originated protection areas. Taking Haitan Island in Fujian as a example the author suggests that one showld bring the landscape ecological protection area planning into the planning on territorial management and development.