Abstract: Based on GIS and RS methods, the aero-photographs taken during 2000 and 2003 covering Pudong New Area were interpreted, then in both spatial and temporal aspects, the situation of land use change in the area were analyzed. The results showed that in Pudong New Area from 2000 to 2003, the cultivated land and water body area decreased by 4 313 hm2 and 556 hm2, at the ratio of 6.6% and 3.6% per year, respectively. The buildup land expanded with an increase of 4627 hm2, mainly from cultivated land. There are significant difference between towns, land use changes faster in Gaodong, Jinqiao, Zhangjiang and Huamu towns which lie in the urban fringe of Shanghai, and slower in Jichang and Heqing towns that is far from main city zone of Shanghai. The driving forces of LUCC are mainly due to the urbanization, that is, the increase of traffic land use, the rapid development of industrial estate and the rapid growth of population.