Strategicenvironmentalassessment(SEA)inChinahasdevelopedrapidlysinceitwasintroducedintoChinainthe1990s.ChinesegovernmentpromulgatedtheEnvironmentalImpactAssessmentLawofChina(hereinafterreferredtoastheEIALaw)in2002.Inthislaw,itisstipulatedclearlythatregionalandsectorplansshouldbeassessed.Throughinvestigatingmaterialsandanalyzingliteratures,thisarticleanalysesthepracticalandacademicstudyachievementsofSEAinChinathathavebeenachievedsincetheEIALawwasimplemented,probesintothecurrentsituationofthemainlevelofSEAinChina-planEIA,thensummarizesthedevelopmentcharacteristics,andeventually,putsforwardthedevelopmenttrendsofSEAinChina.TheresearchconclusionscanofferthefoundationsforcomprehendingsystematicallytheprogressofSEAinChina.