Abstract: Based on the panel data of rural regional economic development indicators of 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the development of the western region in China in 2019, 15 evaluation indicators were selected, and the factor analysis method was used to make a comprehensive score and ranking of their rural regional economic development. The results showed that the comprehensive scores ranked from high to low were Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Guangxi and Sichuan, and the comprehensive scores of these five regions were all positive, and they were the regions with high level of rural regional economic development in the development of the western region in China; the other regions （Ningxia, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet） had negative comprehensive scores, and they were the regions with low level of economic development in rural areas; there were obvious differences in the rural regional economic development of the 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the development of the western region in China in 2019. Based on the current situation of rural regional economic development in the development of the western region in China, some suggestions were put forward to promote the development of rural regional economy in the development of the western region in China, including paying attention to the gradient classification in the policy construction level, promoting diversified cultivation in the rural industry level, and strengthening the guarantee in the resource element level.

Key words: the development of the western region in China, rural regional economy, developmental level