Abstract：Using the method of Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) and spatial econometric model with panel data of 31 provinces from 1999 to 2014， this paper analyses the spatial characters of periurbanization and the reason why the rate of periurbanization rises persistently. The results show that： (1) Chinese population periurbanization has significantly positive spatial correlation with the clustering characteristics of centralperipheral structure decreasing gradually from the East to the West. (2) Commodity housing prices significantly pushes up the rate of periurbanization in local province， which is increased by about 7.70% with housing prices rising for every one percent， but has no significant impact on the surrounding provinces and cities. (3) The rate of periurbanization is mainly driven by housing prices and industrial buildings’ price. The conclusion is that the fast rising of housing prices is not beneficial to the urbanization of ruralurban migrants.
