[Objective] To investigate the variation of land ecological-living-industrial function pattern in order to provide scientific basis for the overall plan for land utilization.[Methods] With the interpreted maps from TM imagery in 1996, 2006 and 2015 of Helingeer County, Inner Mongolia, the quantity, spatial changes and the agglomeration characteristics of ecological-living-industrial land was analyzed by using the spatial analysis model and spatial change rate model.[Results] ① The amount of the ecological land decreased greatly at the initial stage, and then slowed down. The increase of industrial-living land was obvious, the annual rate of change was 5.9% and the dynamic degree was 12.06%. The spatial variation of industrial-ecological land varied dramatically. Industrial-living land showed a great increasing trend, and the variation of ecological land weakened gradually. ② The spatial variation of living-industrial land distributed in loess hilly region and mountainous region at earlier stage, and in the plain region at the later stage.[Conclusions] After 20 years of planning control, the industrial-ecological land and industrial-living land was mainly distributed in the north plain area, while the ecological land and ecological-industrial land was mainly distributed in the central and southern part in loess hilly and mountainous region. Moreover, the contradiction between industrial-living land expanding and the industrial-ecological land reducing has been contained at a certain extent.