Abstract: Stable and orderly circulation of farmland is conducive to increasing farmers’ income and to improving agricultural productivity and it is also a key to the realization of agricultural modernization. By analyzing the disordered characterization of the existing agricultural land circulation, the orderly characteristics of agricultural land circulation are extracted. Based on the corresponding evaluation indicators of the provinces and the eastern, central and western regions in China from 2009 to 2016, this paper constructed and calculated fluctuation range index, productivity index, scale structure index and legalization index of farmland circulation. Furthermore, this paper also built and calculated a comprehensive order index by AHP method. Results show that: in the economically developed eastern region, the efficiency and the degree of legalization of farmland circulation are relatively high, but the level of moderate scale is low. In the central region, farmland circulation is faster and the circulation structure is more reasonable. In recent years, although the standardization of circulation has been improved, it is still relatively low, and production efficiency is also low. The promotion strength and efficiency of farmland circulation in the western region are low, the circulation structure is rationalized, and the level of legalization is relatively high. Regional differences in the three major regions are shrinking and the spatial distribution characteristics are affected by regional natural resource endowments and the development levels of local economies. The comprehensive order index of farmland circulation of the eastern region has been higher with a decreasing trend in recent years. The comprehensive order index of farmland circulation of the central region has gradually increased and that of the western region is not high with slow progressing. Therefore, to promote the orderly transfer of farmland, this paper suggests to promote the transfer of farmland according to local conditions, to improve agricultural productivity, to jointly promote the construction of moderate scale of farmland and new agricultural socialization service system, and to establish a dispute assistance service institution for farmland transfer.