Abstract: The tradition of researches in glacial geology in China over the last 60 years or so is closely bound up with the name of Li Szeguang, an outstanding geologist. This paper briefly reviews the history of glacial geology studies in China.The author stresses the importance of The use of a subtle combination of glacial geomorphology and glacial sedimentology in testing the hypothesis on such questions as maximum ice extents, former glacial regimes especially as they affect glacial factes, the question of icestream and ice-sheet evidence as well as the till/debris flow and till/solifuction earth distinctions.Important distinctions among glacial factes and between glacial and non-glacial diamictons require large data sets and these can now be obtained using a combination of microsopes,cameras and computers providing a series of measurements as a basis for quantitative imafe analysis. These methodes require careful advanced planning of field sampling.