Abstract: China is an important country of the tilapia production and trade.For the market situation, the international financial crisis and so on, the tilapia industry of China appeared a vicious circle of increased production without the increased income.Therefore, the analysis of current situation of tilapia processing in China has important meaning to guide the development of China's tilapia.In this paper, research and development technology of tilapia processing products and the tilapia processing residues ( fish head, fish, fish skin, scales, viscera, and so on) in China in recent years were reviewed. The future prospects of tilapia industry and the next step in urgent need of developing tilapia processing technology and products were put forward to open the domestic market.