GIS software was used to produce soil erosion grid maps. More than 10 landscape index were calculated using the landscape structure analysis program FRAGSTATS. Quantitative analysis of soil erosion pattern and its dynamic evolution were conducted at class level and landscape level. The results indicated that the soil erosion status in Xingguo county was improved greatly from 1958 to 1996. There are two pronounced periods
including exacerbation period from 1958 to 1975
and alleviation period after 1975. The area of inapparent soil erosion reached 74.6% by the end of 1996. The status of serious soil erosion had radically been controlled up to that time.