In this paper,we start to study the gradient flow of the functional Lp introduced by Han-Li-Sun in[8].As a first step,we show that if the initial surface is symplectic in a Kahler surface,then the symplectic property is pre-served along the gradient flow.Then we show that the singularity of the flow is characterized by the maximal norm of the second fundamental form.Whenβ= 1,we derive a monotonicity formula for the flow.As applications,we show that the A-tangent cone of the flow consists of the finite flat planes.