Abstract:The granitoids of China are widely distributed with the total area of outcrop amounting to more than 860000km2, which make up about 9% of continental area of China territory. The geological ages of the granitoids in China extend from the Archean to the Cenozoic. Among them, the area of outcrop of the Mesozoic granitoids is the largest, and the next is the Paleozoic ones. As a gereral distribution pattern, the granitoids from the Archean to the LatePaleozoic occurred mainly in the area north to a line along the Kunlun mountains—Qinling mountains, the Neoproterozoic ones predominantly in South China, the Mesozoic granitoids distributed mainly in eastern China and western Yunnan Province, and the Cenozoic ones mainly in Tibet and western Yunnan Province, southwestern China. This paper will give you an introduction about the temporal and spatial distribution of granitoids from the Archean to the Cenozoic and main characteristics of the granitoids in China.