Taking advantage of exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA), we study the development of spatial pattems of manufacturing industry in different provinces in China during 1978-2010. We vividly display and analyse the space distribution feature, evolution trait and intemal rule of China' s industry development. We find that there is significant spatial autoeorrelation in China' s industry development while the correlation efficient keeps on increasing. High-High agglomeration and Low-Low agglomeration are dominant comparing to other agglomer...