Abstract:The Emei large igneous province (LIP), with area about 500000 km2, almost c ov ers Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces. The continental flood basalt (CFB) in the Emei LIP is characterized by shorter eruption period (259~261.5 Ma), huge vo lume (300000 km3) and higher productive ratio (150000 km3/year). The evidenc e fr om the temporalspatial distribution, igneous association, petrology and geoche m istry of the igneous rocks indicates that the CFB is a product of the mantle plu me magmatism. The Emei LIP possesses general characteristics of the worldwide LI Ps, e.g., Decan, India, but shows some special aspects. The Emei LIP formed in a geodynamic setting of continental breakup and convergencecollision, and in a transitional period from plate tectonic to continental tectonic systems in China . It is tectonically located in intersection region between the Pacific tectonic domain and PaleoTethys tectonic domain. The Emei LIP shows a clear outline of mantle plume trail and head. The tomographical data indicate that the stronger t hermalerosion had occurred in the Emei continental lithosphere. Accompanying w i th formation of the Emei LIP, three important metallogenic systems were develope d. Though studies of the Emei LIP, a typical example of mantle plume magmatism w ould be supplied, the understanding on lithosphereasthenosphere interaction, c o ntinental dynamic processes and lt's constraint on largescale mineralization w ould be increased.