There are many intersecting normal faults by hard and soft linkages in the Liaodongwan depression, offshore Bohai Bay Basin. Consequently, various types of transfer zones had developed in the overstepping normal faults. According to the dips and assembling characteristics of normal faults, three types of soft linkages of normal faults have been classified in the Liaodongwan depression, including the synthetic overstepping, convergent conjugate overstepping and divergent conjugate overstepping. Their corresponding transfer zones are relay ramps, oblique anticlines and horsts, respectively. The zones transferred the extensional strains and made the threedimensional strain conversation between the segmented normal faults. The evolution of the transfer zones could be divided into four stages which involve the isolated faults, transfer zones formation, complication and broken. The structural traps in the transfer zones are the favourable exploration objectives in the offshore Bohai Bay Basin.