As one of a serial of reports

this paper is a survey on multimedia researches and applications in China in the year 2004.Since multimedia is a cross research area

papers about multimedia technology are distributed on various journals.We checked about(2 926) papers published on 9 Chinese journals in 2004

from which we have selected 363 papers related to multimedia technology and application.Then we analyzed them and the statistics were compared with those from 2000 to 2003.Looking into the data we can find that researchers in China are continuously paying much attention to digital watermarking

virtual reality

multimodal interface

multimedia information retrieval technology

quality of service

computer supported cooperative work

GIS and Digital Earth as these fields have shown increasing research internationally.We present here an overview on the progress in multimedia technology in China

2004.This article will make convenience for researchers to find references

and be helpful for editors to edit journals and for authors contributing papers.