This paper aims to making a surveỵ of the State of emergency in Chinese law, induding the dedsion- making processes of entering and lifting the State of emergency, the substantial criteria for entering and lìtng the State of emergencỵ, the emergency measures, the legal remedies, and the legal consequences for violation otemergency measures. In addition to addressing these legal matters, this paper wiỊỊ search the sources of the Chinese law on the State of emergency and present the discussion on whether it is necessary to have a special and comprehensiveacton the State of emergency in China.