:Taiwan Island is situated in the active subduction—collision region between the Eurasian continent and the Philippine Sea plate. Tectonics in the Taiwan region is characterized by two opposite subduction systems: Manila subduction system and Ryukyu subduction system. The uplift of Taiwan results from the oblique collision of the Luzon arc and Eurasian margin. All of the geology characteristics attracted geologists all over the world. The Coastal Range is the onshore portion of the Luzon arc and is composed of deformed and accreted volcanic islands, intra arc basins and forearc basins. Here we review geochronology, geochemistry, tectonic and geology research results of the Coastal Range and summarize the features of its uplift and erosion. We indicate the main research problems of the Coastal Range in the recent years. Meanwhile, some research directions about geology in the Coastal Range should be emphasized in the future, e.g. how the Lichi melange formed, the affiliation of the crust of the Huatung Basin, the process of the arc—continent collision recorded in tuff in the volcanoes and forearc basins.