A driving circuit is provided which is applied to a matrix device having a plurality of functional elements arranged in a matrix, which is connected to the functional elements via data lines, and which has a plurality of blocks. The driving circuit includes a shift register which has a plurality of register sections, each of the register sections being corresponding to one of the plurality of blocks; a data signal line; a first data latch circuit connected to an output terminal of the shift register and the data signal line; and a second data latch circuit connected to the output terminal of the shift register and an output terminal of the first data latch circuit, and connected to the data line directly or via another circuit. The first and second data latch circuits are respectively divided into multistage operation units. Each of the operation units is corresponding to the one data line or the plurality of data lines and is corresponding to one of the plurality of blocks. An output terminal of the shift register belonging to a block B is connected to the operation unit of the first data latch circuit belonging to the block B, the output terminal of the shift register belonging to a block A is connected to the operation unit of the second data latch circuit belonging to the block B, and each of the block A and block B is one of the plurality of blocks.