Abstract: Through the related data statistics and analysis, this paperdiscovers some features and trends in the development of Chinese adult higher education. In terms of expansion speed, ordinary higher education developsfaster than adult higher education does and plays a leading role in the process of elite education developing into populace education; In terms of main body in schooling, ordinary universities have been main supporting force offering adult higher education; In terms of hierarchical structure, adult undergraduateeducation develops faster than adult faculty level education does; In terms of category structure, correspondence education in spare time has gainedsustain able development while adult fulltime education has declined; In terms of recruitment, the number of register and the number of enrollment have been approaching gradually.