High-intensity and large-scale resource development seriously threatens the fragile ecological environment in the red soil hilly region in southern China.This paper analyzes the coo-geological environmental problems and factors affecting Ganzhou,a mining city in the red soil hilly region,based on field survey and literature.The eco-geological environment quality (EGEQ) assessment system,which covered 11 indicators in physical geography,mining development,geological hazards,as well as water and soil pollution,was established through multi-source data utilization such as remote sensing images,DEM (Digital Elevation Model),field survey and on-site monitoring data.The comprehensive weight of each indicator was calculated through the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) and entropy method.The eco-geological environment assessment map was developed by calculating the EGEQ value through the linear weighted method.The assessment resuits show that the EGEQ was classified into Ⅰ-Ⅴ grades from excellent to worse,among which,EGEQ of Ⅰ-Ⅱ accounted for 29.88%,EGEQ of Ⅲ accounted for 32.35% and EGEQ of Ⅳ-Ⅴ accounted for 37.77%;the overall EGEQ of Ganzhou was moderate.The assessment system utilized in this research provides scientific and accurate results,which in turn enable the proposal of some tangible protection suggestions.