Indicators such as FIR are chosen from aspects of financial development and eco- nomic foundation to construct an evaluation index system which can be used to evaluate regional fi- nancial development level in China. The authors test the level in 31 provinces in 2004 by using the index system with the method of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to confirm the index weight, threshold method to have non - dimensional processing. The results show that the regional financial development level in eastern China is higher than that of the middle and ...