Abstract: Particle accelerators in China have been in rapid development in the past twenty years and are approaching the world’s advanced level in terms of different types, scales and application directions. This article presented the major research and application directions of accelerators such as advanced light sources, high-intensity hadron accelerators, colliders and commercialized accelerators. It introduced the constructions and developments of some typical facilities, their corresponding status in the world and their influence in the related disciplines. Meanwhile, the rapid developments of accelerator physics and technologies were also introduced, which not only produce great support to the constructions of large accelerator facilities in the past and undergoing but also represent the progress of accelerators as a discipline and pave the road for the development of more advanced accelerator facilities in the future. The article also made an outlook on the future development of accelerators in China in the next few years and it is expected that they will be at the international advanced level on all major fronts in 10 years. A brief review on the rapid development of laser plasma wake field acceleration in China in recent years was also given.