Abstract: In order to study the impact of regional economic environment on the competitiveness of apple industry in Shaanxi Province, Delphi method was used to gain the competitiveness index of apple industry, and then we established multiple regression model for studying the effects of regional economic environment on apple industry competitiveness. The results showed that regional economic environmental factors that affected Shaanxi Provinces apple industry competitiveness were regional economic strength, the capacity of government support to agriculture, the level of foreign capital inflows by order of importance．

Key words: competition index, economic environment, apple industry