Abstract:As a comprehensive product of the interaction between natural environment and human activities, landscape is constantly changing. How to monitor landscape change in areas with rapid development of urbanization has become an issue of close concern to all countries and organizations. As the most reliable landscape change reporting method in England, Countryside Quality Counts(CQC) provides a system to record and monitor landscape change. This paper uses theory and case studies, makes it clear that the change of landscape character is the core of landscape change, and systematically introduces the origin and development of CQC, and the research content and methods, also gives an example to illustrate the process of evaluation, as well as the results and application. CQC provides a new way to monitor and understand landscape change, manage and protect diverse landscape, and promote sustainable development of the region.