Abstract:Ecoenvironment assessment is one of focal topics in the ecological field presently. It includes two parts: ecoenvironment quality assessment and ecoenvironment service function assessment. The major research progresses in both fields in China in recent years are reviewed, and the future research directions are discussed. It is pointed out that there should be a further perfected index s ystem for ecoenvironment quality assessment and dynamic models of quantitative ecoenvironment quality assessment, as well as enhanced ecoenvironment assessment measures and ecoenvironment service assessment methods.