Taking 147 counties in Hebei Province as the research target, the cultivated land function is evaluated. The dominant function coefficient and the Moran index are used to measure the evolution of the cultivated land dominant function and the spatial agglomeration characteristics, respectively. According to the characteristics of the dominant function and the spatial agglomeration of the cultivated land, the cultivated land function zones are divided. It is shown that: (1) The cultivated land function of Hebei province is evolved from a single one to a composite one from 1996 to 2016, in which the productive and ecological functions are strengthened and the social functions are weakened. (2) The spatial agglomeration degree of the cultivated land function in Hebei Province is high, and in an upward trend. In the space, the cultivated land functions show the high-value agglomeration with the production and ecological function distributed in the Southeast Plain Area and the social function distributed in the Northwest Mountainous Area. (3) The cultivated land of Hebei Province is divided into four functional areas: the production function advantage area, the ecological function advantage area, the social function advantage area and the function low value discrete area. In order to realize the multi-functional aim of the cultivated land, the management measures of the cultivated land should be implemented according to the principle of the leading function and the comprehensive benefits in different functional areas.

cultivated land function  /  spatial agglomeration  /  dominant function  /  comprehensive zoning  /  Hebei province