Abstract: Virtual cultivated land resources are widely regarded as one of the important measures to relieve the pressure of domestic cultivated land resources and promote agricultural economic growth. Based on the analysis of the effect mechanism of virtual cultivated land resource trade on agricultural economic growth, this paper calculates the trade volume of virtual cultivated land resources of China's main agricultural products from 1996 to 2018, and empirically analyzes the contribution share of virtual cultivated land resources to agricultural economic growth, which provides references for adjusting foreign trade strategy and optimizing cultivated land resource strategy. The results show that: virtual cultivated land resources can realize the optimal allocation of cultivated land resources in a larger range; The huge trade deficit of major agricultural products determines that China is a big net importer of virtual cultivated land resources, among which oil is the largest one; The contribution rate of virtual cultivated land resources to agricultural economic growth is 0.26%, which proves the viewpoint. At the same time, this paper also puts forward some policy suggestions, such as the pilot implementation of virtual cultivated land resources to make every effort to complete the strategy of trade policy adjustment, making full use of “two kinds of resources and markets” at home and abroad to force the structural adjustment of main agricultural products, building a new model of virtual cultivated land resources management to promote the combination of “going out” of agriculture and market diversification.