The Fuling granite is located in the southern part of Anhui province and to the east of Huangshan Mountain. Apatite fission track (AFT) study of the Fuling granite shows ages ranging from 51 5 Ma to 68 7 Ma. The results show that the granite rose at a variable rate since formation. The uplift of the pluton gradually accelerated up to 55 Ma, with a rate of 73 mm/ka at 55 Ma. Since then the uplift rate slowed down to an average of 60 mm/ka at 54 Ma. During 54 Ma to 51 Ma, the uplift of the granite speeded up again and reached a value of 70 mm/ka at 51 Ma. Simulation of the uplift history based on fission track lengths of 11.9~12.9 μm reveals three major denudation periods of the Fuling granite. The first stage began from about 130~116 Ma, with a cooling rate of about 1.34 ℃/Ma. Since 70~60 Ma, the cooling rate reached 2.5 ℃/Ma, slightly faster than the first cooling stage. In the last stage from 7~8 Ma to present, an intensive cooling event happened and the cooling rate reached 8 ℃/Ma. Overall the Fuling granite has experienced an accelerated cooling process. As Huangshan granite is similar in geotectonic location, lithology and intrusive period as Fuling granite, writers therefore infer that Huangshan granite may have a similar thermal history as Fuling granite.