Application of geographic information technology in economic space evolution in China

Currently the vast regional areas in China are confronted with spatial restructuring and problems aroused by rapid economic development, and uneven development between regions is in desperate need of solution in particular. Base on the annual economic development statistic data in the Yangtze River Delta city group, this paper uses GeoDA and Arcgis to generate thematic map for economic spatial evolution feature analysis of geographic data. The results show that: there has been a significant absolute difference for the economic development of the Yangtze River Delta city group, and this trend is further exacerbated. Meanwhile, the paper makes exploring research on economic space evolution in China from the aspects of global spatial evolution characteristics and local spatial evolution characteristics by using geographic information technology.