Abstract: Based on the theoretical framework to evaluate the performance,this paper analyzes the allocation performance of regional fiscal support to agriculture,from 1993 to 2007,with the method of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA).The VRS technical efficiency of regional fiscal support to agriculture shows that the DMU Zhejiang,Jiangsu and Henan are always at the frontier andfully efficiencty,while the DMU .Inter Mongolia,Yunnan,Shaanxi,Ningxia,Xinjiang,Shanxi and Heilongjiang are far from the frontier and inefficient.Regionally,the efficiency of western region is lower than that of the eastern,middle and national average level.The Malmquist Index shows that the allocation performance of regional fiscal support to agriculture improved in an overall level.The paper proves that the degree of urbanization is an important exogenous factor which impacts the efficiency of regional fiscal support to agriculture in every regio n,and has the biggest contribution to Middle area.The investment in fixed assets of rural households,the level of agricultural mechanization and the education period of rural labors also have significant effects on the efficiency of some particular area.

Key words: Chinese sub-national fiscal expenditure to agriculture, performance, D EA, TOBIT