Abstract: With the development of dendrochronology in China, more and more coniferous trees, broad-leaved trees and shrubs have been applied to tree ring-climate response research, which has extended the research areas beyond the forest area. In this paper, the research on the response of tree radial growth to climate published by Chinese scholars was collected and sorted out, and the complexity of tree radial growth to climate response was discussed from different angles, and the future research on tree ring-climate response was prospected. Under the background of climate warming, the strong change of environment made the response of tree growth to climate more complicated. In order to more accurately assess the influence of external environment on the growth of trees in the future climate change scenario and continuously expand the research scope of dendrochronology in China, dendrochronology in China should continue to explore more suitable tree species, constantly improve the database of tree rings in China, and give full play to the application potential and scientific research value of dendrochronology in coping with future climate change and forest ecological protection.