【Abstract】 Migration flows exhibit some spatial patterns in the origin and destination places.By employing inter-provincial migration data from 2000 National Census and some social and economic data in Chinese Statistical Yearbook,the authors attempt to explore the spatial patterns of inter-provincial migration flows between 1995 and 2000 and explain the mechanisms behind the observed patterns.Firstly,global spatial autocorrelation statistics of Moran′s I is used to investigate the spatial autocorrelation ...