Abstract: Since 1990, the symposiums on mechanisms in China have been held seven times. In the past twelve years, the Chinese mechanisms has a larger development. Generally, fundamental research on traditional mechanisms is enhanced; Mechanisms and creative design of products is closely combined; Modern mechanisms with high and new technology is opened up; Mechanisms is promoted to modernize. These behave in the following aspects: theory research on analysis and synthesis of traditional mechanisms is deeply developed; computer aided design on mechanisms is effortfully realized; Conceptual design of mechanism system and mechanical products is energetically pushed on; research on robot mechanisms and industrial application is deeply developed; research on analysis and synthesis of controlled mechanisms is energetically carried out; research on dynamics of mechanisms and machines is ef-fortfully developed; reformation of teaching contents and sys-tem of mechanisms is energetically carried out. Through the above-mentioned many aspects of theory research and practical application, theoretical level and academic level of Chinese mechanisms are in the world’s advanced level. However, the original and breakthrough research achievements on fundamen-tal research have not many. In the meantime, there are larger gap compared with world advanced country in the aspect of practical application.

Key words: Teaching reformation on mechanisms, Controlled mechanism, Mechanical dynamics, Mechanism system design, Robot, Traditional mechanism