As one of a serial of reports

this paper is a survey on multimedia researches and applications in China

2011.Papers about multimedia technology are distributed on various journals because multimedia is a cross research area.Totally 2841 papers published on 9 Chinese journals in 2011 are checked

and 349 out of these papers are selected for they are about multimedia technology and application.Analysis

including categorying and comparion of statistics with those from 2007 to 2010

is made on the seleted papers.The categoris are the same as last year.The analysis shows that digital watermarking

multimedia data management and retrieval

QoS control

multicast

interactive mode and interface

identification using biometrics earn high attention of researchers in China.Meanwhile

multimedia application systems are diversified and intergraded with daily life gradually.We present here an overview on the progress in multimedia technology in China

2011.This article can be used by researchers as a thoroughly references

and also will be helpful for people in technical planning and management.