Abstract: Language situation has long been a great concern in China. Since the beginning of this century, efforts have been madeto establish research agencies, create specialized platforms, and form research teams in order to investigate the issues related to thepeople’s ongoing language practices in China. To date, a relatively complete system has been developed to monitor, study and releaseChina’s language situation in an all-round, large-scale, systematic and sustainable manner. These endeavors have promoted the systematic, scientifi c and regular observation and study of the language practice, producing a great variety of research fi ndings. On the otherhand, the patterns and theories generalized in the monitoring of language situation have contributed to the theoretical construction aswell as the establishment of a scientifi c discipline in China. Nevertheless, further exploration is required for a number of issues, suchas the boundaries and focus of language monitoring, the recognition of authentic and effective language information, generalization oflanguage situation patterns, construction of predication/alert system about language situations, improvement of language monitoringtechniques, instruments and methods, construction of theoretical system for language monitoring, etc.