This paper applies the eco-footprint and measures quantitatively the sustainable development of Yaozhou district with the results that in 2007 the eco-footprint is 1.78 hm² per person, the eco-load is 0.84 hm² per person, and the ecodeficit is 0.94 hm² per person, on average. A proposal is presented for the existing issues in the sustainable development to adjust the agricultural structure, to optimize the industrial structure, to develop the recycling energies, to make land planning to boost land utilization, to enlarge the industrial linkages, and to transfer the economic shores.