Assessment of Sustainable Development Capacity of the Cropland Conversion Program in Western China - Cases Study of Anding District in Gansu Province, Yichuan County in Shanxi Province, Zhungeer Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Based on understanding the meaning to sustainable capacity of the Cropland Conversion Program, a set of indicators has been developed for assessing sustainable development capacity of the Cropland Conversion Program from the environment, economical, social, intelligence system's support ability; Anding District in Gansu Province，Yichuan County in Shanxi Province，Zhungeer Banner in Inner Mongolia were taken as examples, and assessments were conducted of sustainable development capacity of the Program by means of analytic hierarchy process; Its result was showed that the sustainable development capacity of the program was a little high in Anding District and good in Yichuan County and Zhungeer Banner, the environment system in Yichuan County and Zhungeer Banner, and the social system in Anding District were strongest to sustainable development capacity of the program; Some countermeasures were put forward to promote sustainable development of the program by identifying social factors affecting the effectiveness and sustainability of the program.