Review on Study of Seismotectonics in China

This paper reviews briefly the progressesmade during the last four years （1999～2002） in study of seismotectonics inChina, especially appraises the achievements inthe fields of the crustal and uppermantle′s structure‚the active faults and tectonic setting of large earthquakes, the crustal deformation, and the numerical simulation．Most earthquakes occurred in China belong to the continental earthquakes．Therefore‚Chinese seismologists pay more attention to the continental earthquakes．Based on improvements of the observation systems in theChinese ninthFive-YearPlan, the studies on seismotectonics have achieved great progresses．