Abstract: Modern characteristic agriculture development is a fundamental way to solve the issues of agriculture, farmer, and rural area, and also an important way to achieve sustainable economic development．Development status of modern characteristic agriculture in Dagui Town, Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, was analyzed through field research．Results showed that main problems of modern characteristic agriculture development were as follows: backward production conception, outflow of labor force, low utilization rate of cultivated land, and lack of new agricultural technology．Countermeasures and suggestions were provided from the macro, meso, and micro levels．