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【Objective】The present paper aimed to analyze the spatio-temporal evolution and trend of arable land utilization transformation in China, and to provide a theoretical reference for the transformation and protection of arable land utilization. 【Method】The transformation of arable land utilization, mutation point and spatio-temporal evolution were explored by entropy value method, temporal mutation point test and coupling coordination degree model. 【Result】From the perspective of time, the transformation index of cultivated land utilization transformation space, function and model in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China was generally low but continued to grow, and the transformation and development of arable land utilization was slow and low. Before 2010, in addition to Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shaanxi and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the comprehensive transformation of arable land utilization in various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China was initially realized, but the transformation index was low, and there was still much room for improvement. From a spatial point of view, the transformation of arable land utilization in China has basically formed a spatial pattern in which the high-value areas mainly in the eastern region and the low-value areas in the western region as the core coexist, and the spatial migration of arable land utilization transformation showed a northeast-southwest transfer pattern, and the regional differences were obvious. The three subsystems of arable land utilization transformation space, function and mode were well coupled, but the imbalance phenomenon was becoming increasingly prominent. Overall, the transformation and development potential of arable land utilization was large, the three promoted each other, and the coupling coordination degree had a trend of ‘westward’ transfer in space, and there was a certain unbalanced trend. 【Conclusion】The transformation of arable land use showed a trend of ‘westward shift’ in space and time, and the three major subsystems of the transformation of arable land use were well coupled, but the phenomenon of dysfunction was increasingly prominent, and there was a certain degree of unevenness. Therefore, the development strategy of diversity, differentiation and regulation from the developed areas in the east to the traditional agricultural areas in the west should be implemented, to strengthen the linkage and coordination role between the 3 subsystems of spatial, functional and modal transformation of arable land use, activate factors related to agricultural development, promote the modernization of agriculture, and then achieve high-quality utilization of arable land. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]