Abstract:To evaluate the development of ecological civilization of Guangdong province, based on the connotation of ecological civilization and the general principles of establishing the comprehensive appraisal indicator system, this paper establishes a comprehensive appraisal indicator system of the development of ecological civilization, which includes five aspects: ecological economy civilization, ecological society civilization, ecological environment civilization, ecological cultural civilization and ecological institution civilization. Then, using the statistical data of the year 2013, the comprehensive appraisal indicator system is applied to appraise the development of the 21 prefecture level city in Guangdong province. The result shows that the 21 prefecture level city can be divided into three groups. As the spatial distribution shows, cities with relatively higher degree of ecological civilization lies in central ,southern and northern Guangdong, which are developed regions, while cities with relatively lower degree of ecological civilization lie in the eastern and western Guangdong, which are the underdeveloped regions. These findings have great referential value for policy-making.