The present paper reviewed the food waste management in China, specially analyzed the basic features of food waste, summarized the current disposal technologies, pointed out the present problems, and suggested countermeasures for future in the food waste management of China. Food waste is characterized by high moisture, salinity and organic matter content, which makes it possess duplicity with the perishable and smelly as a waste and the potential as a recycling biotic resource. There is significant spatial and temporal variations in components of food waste from different areas due to geographic differences, eating habits and cultural traditions. Thereby it is usually difficult to process various food waste with a unitary approach. At present, commonly used disposal technologies for food waste include incineration, sanitary landfill, ecofeed, anaerobic digestion, aerobic composting, and vermicomposting. However, incineration is featured with heavy energy consumption because of the high moisture character and sanitary landfill occupies a lot of places with the possibility of the secondary pollution. Other unconventional approaches (except for incineration and sanitary landfill) also have common limitations, such as a long processing period, complex operation, inefficient reclamation and low economic value, when referred to the principle of decrement, innoxiousness, and reclamation. In recent years, more and more attentions have been paid to the food waste reclamation in view of the gradually serious predicament of garbage siege. Nevertheless, the food waste reclamation is still in its infancy with many problems of management and disposal. Above all, it is reported that the amount of food waste generated in China is not less than 60 million tons per year, accounting for 40%-50% of the municipal solid wastes, but the reclamation ratio is extremely low. Moreover, an effective collection system and relevant laws / regulations have not been established. Guangzhou is the only city to issue the Interim Provisions of Garbage Classification Management till the present moment, where refuse sorting is made mandatory for citizens. There is no national law of food waste management in China, and only Xining issued a district law Regulations of Food Waste Management in
