In the history of regional development in the world，the western development in the United States and China Surprises the world mostly. In the western development in the United States and China，land resource development is core contents. Since the implementation of China’s west development strategy，because the central government has been paying great attention to the land resources development in the west, the land resource development in the west of China has achieved a significant effect in a short term, but there is still some problems that can not be ignored. The background and objectives of the land resource development in the western of the United States and the China are similar to a certain extent, but the foundation and environments differ, the means have different emphases, and the mechanisms are still different essentially. Therefore, China can not copy the United States approach in the promotion of land resources development of China, but the experience and lessons of the United States have important reference value and warning significance. China should learn the experience and lessons from the United States to overall use and protect land resources in the west of China, use perfected land laws to overall command the land resource development process in the west, play fully the decisive role of market mechanism in the land resource development in the west, and construct the reasonable decentralization relationship between the central government and local government in the land resources development in the west.