Abstract: The present paper gives a discussions on the general principle for the chronology of Paleolithic archaeology, the stratigraphical basic of the Paleolithic sequence of China, and the distributive provinces of the Paleolithic in China. On the problems about the dating of some main sites in China are discussed emphatically in the third part of the pa per. At the last, a scheme of the Paleolithic sequence of China is suggested for discussing.

Key words: Paleolithic sequence, Stratigraphy, Chronology , Distributive province of the paleolithic