Based on the data from 29 provinces between 2000 and 2008, this paper, using panel data, analyzes the impact of urbanization, economic growth and quality of economic growth on expansion of land use for construction. The result shows that urbanization has positive effect on expansion of land use for construction in East China, West China and the whole country, while economic growth effectively promotes the expansion of urban land use in East China, Middle China, West China and the whole country and improvement of quality of economic growth plays a significant inhibitory role in expansion of urban land use. Therefore, this paper points out that in order to control excessive expansion of urban land use, governments can make polices through the perspective of controlling the scale of rural-urban land conversion, urban land use planning, upgrading industrial structure and promoting technological progress.