Abstract:Basic urban ecological control area is an important strategy for the new pattern urbanization and the ecological civilization construction of China. Firstly, this paper analyzes the history, concept and character of the basic urban ecological control area; secondly, it introduces the current research status of the basic urban ecological control area from four points: practices, methods of defining the boundary, methods of management and the implementation of performance; finally, it gives four key issues of future research in China based on the Chinese current research status, which are the optimization method of definition the boundary, the protective utilization path, the implementation mechanism and the assessment of the basic urban ecological control area.