Lifelong learning underlines a paradigm shift away from an emphasis on the education and training scopes rendered by institutions and system towards an appetite of actual acquisition of learning in many different settings reflecting changing needs over the lifetime of individual. The policies on lifelong learning of many Asian countries has tightly related to national development and largely focused on two main aspects namely improving the academic and vocational skills of the growing number of new entrants through the formal education system and upgrading general skills through the non-formal system. As the representative of developing country in Asia,this essay will display the development and obstacles on lifelong learning in China.