Abstract: The purpose of this paper was to analyze and predict land use of energy plant Pistacia chinensis cultivated which was one of the most potential of renewable energy in view of the current fossil energy increasingly scarce problem, combined with the development theme of ecological civilization construction. The main research method was multiple factor method, setting up the index with relevant policy and growth habits of Pistacia chinensis to analyze land resources of Pistacia chinensis cultivation in Shaanxi province combined with the factors of land use, temperature, slope and so on, then predicting land use cover of Shaanxi province in 2020 based on CA-Markov model to predict the amount of land which could be used to plant Pistacia chinensis in 2020. The results showed that the potential of Pistacia chinensis plantation was great, the type of planting land was given priority to open woodland and grassland, suitable planting land was less, less suitable planting land area was larger. Based on the thought of multiple planning integration, combined with the work of “returning farmland to forestsor grassland and returning forests to unused land”in Shaanxi province, which could promote the work of Pistacia chinensis plantation.

Key words: energy plants, Pistacia chinensis Bunge, land resources, CA-Markov model, Shaanxi province