At the beginning of 1980s,the Central Place Theory was introduced into China from the West.The authors ofthis article are the initiators of applying this model to China’s urban and regional planning as well as to the allocationof commercial activities.Since the commodity economy has been developing in China for thousands of years,most ofthe areas in eastern plains and inland basins of China show the spatial structure of typical central places scene.Duringsome six years,the authors participated in a lot of rural,urban and regional planning projects in which the spatialphenomena and relevant internal mechanism proved this model and its deformation.This paper gives only a few ex-amples of the application of central place theory in China:1.the distribution of rural markets,the empirical study isbased mainly on the situation in Shengfang town and its vicinal area;2.the spatial combination of urban systems,problems about city allocation in North China are emphasized;3.commercial centers in city and the network,a cru-cial study on commercial centers in city and the network,a crucial study on commercial distribution of themetropolis.Beijing is done by using central place model. At the beginning of 1980s, the Central Place Theory was introduced into China from the West.The authors ofthis article are the initiators of applying this model to China’s urban and regional planning as well as to the allocationof commercial activities.Since the commodity economy has been Developing in China for thousands of years,most of the areas in eastern plains and inland basins of China show the spatial structure of typically central places scene.Duringsome six years,the authors participated in a lot of rural,urban and regional planning projects in which the Spatialphenomena and relevant internal mechanism proved this model and its deformation.This paper gives only a few ex-amples of the application of central place theory in China:1.the distribution of rural markets, the empirical study is based mainly on the situation in Shengfang town. And its vicinal area; 2. the spatial combination of urban systems, problems about city allocation in North China are emphasized; 3.commercial centers in c Ity and the network,a cru-cial study on commercial centers in city and the network,a study study on commercial distribution of themetropolis.Beijing is done by using central place model.