Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) was first introduced to China’s ELT in the early 1980s. It has since then developed rapidly into a mainstream approach in the field and reached its summit in 1990s. But towards the end of the last century,people began to challenge its adoptability and feasibility in China both in terms of its theory and practice. This paper,from the prospect of a new era in China,makes a literature review on the adaptation of CLT in China’s ELT by analyzing relevant researches abroad and at home.