Based on the detailed survey data of landuse change from 1996to 2008in Zhangjiakou City,many models and methods including the contribution rate of landuse change,dynamic degree of landuse change,information entropy,equilibrium degree,degree of dominance,diversification and centrality degree were used to analyze the landuse structure characteristics and its dynamic change.Results show that:(1)The main landuse types in Zhangjiakou City were arable land,forestland,grassland and unutilized land,which accounted for about 92% of the total land area.(2)The landuse change was obvious in the city from 1996to 2008.The areas of arable land,unutilized land and water body had a drastic reduction,while the areas of forestland,orchard,grassland,construction land and traffic land increased.In terms of the maximum dynamic degree of landuse change,the landuse types from high to low were in the order of forestland,arable land,orchard,unutilized land,traffic land,grassland,construction land and water body.(3)The informationentropy,equilibrium degree of land use for Zhangjiakou City increased,while the degree of dominance decreased,which indicated that land use structure was changing to be disordered and equalization.(4)The centrality degree of landuse increased along with the diversification decreased,which shows that the landuse structure of Zhangjiakou City tended to be diversified.