Abstract: As the current urbanization in China is facing many problems and challenges, it is imperative to take the new urbanization development path with Chinese characteristics: intensive and efficient, environment-friendly, urban-rural integrated, social harmonious. Based on the summing-up of the new urbanization theoretical connotations and features, this paper constructed an evaluation index system of the new urbanization, including six aspects: population, economy, infrastructure, quality of life, environment and urban-rural integrated development level. Using AHP method based on entropy technology the weight of each index was determined, and Shaanxi Province taken as an example.of empirical analysis. The evaluation results showed that 10 cities in Shaanxi Province are divided into five grades by the comprehensive level of new urbanization: the highest (Xi'an), high (Baoji, Yan'an, Yulin and Tongchuan)，medium (Xianyang), low (Ankang, Hanzhong and Weinan ) and lowest (Shangluo). The new urbanization development level of the cities in northern Shaanxi is higher, lower in southern Shaanxi, and prominent in the center (Xi'an). Among the cities of Shaanxi Province, the differences of economic urbanization level are significant. The population and economic urbanization level of Xi’an are remarkably higher than that of other cities, but the advantage in quality of life and the fundamental facility level are relevant lower, the environment and the urban-rural integrated development level are even lower than that of the Ankang City and Hanzhong City; the quality of life in Baoji, the economic urbanization level and the construction of environment of Yan’an, the urbanization of population of Tongchuan, the economic urbanization of Yulin, the construction of environment and the urban-rural integrated development level of Ankang, the urban-rural integrated development level of Hanzhong are evidently higher than the equilibrium of the whole province. The economic urbanization of Tongchuan, Hanzhong and Weinan, the urbanization of population of Yulin and Xianyang, the economic urbanization and the urbanization of population of Ankang, the economic urbanization and the environment level of Shangluo are markedly lower than the equilibrium of the whole province. There are differences in the same evaluation factor of different cities and the different evaluation factors of the same city, development unbalanced. Therefore, it is obvious that the economic development is the main propelling factor in the urbanization of Shaanxi province. The development of population, the lifting of the quality of life, and the construction of the fundamental facilities are the main characteristics.  Ecological environment construction is unbalanced with economic development and urbanization process. It is needed to develop the new urbanization according to local conditions with overall conditions, in order to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development．

Key words: new urbanization, index system, AHP-entropy method, urban-rural integrated development, Shaanxi Province