Abstract: 【Objective】 The paper established a set of methods suitable for China to assess the informatization level in rural areas and analyzed the status quo of rural informatization in different parts of China.【Method】 The study established a synthetical index method, and the process is indicator identification, data collection, data standardization and indexation.【Results】 The national average level of the rural informatization is 99.69. The top six places are Shanghai and Beijing municipalities, Guangdong, Hebei, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. The informatization index of shanghai is 259.15, which is 160% higher than the average level and 971% of the level of Tibetan.【Discussion】 The building of infrastructures for rural informatization and the application of agricultural Information Technology (IT) has played an evident role in the process of informatization construction of rural areas. However, the gap of rural informatization development between Eastern and Western China is still wide.

Key words: Rural Informatization, Measurement, Index System, Analysis and Evaluation Method