This paper is the eight annual survey on multimedia researches and applications in China

2005. Since multimedia is a cross-field research area

papers about multimedia technology are scattered over various journals. We checked about 3097 papers published on 9 Chinese journals in 2005

from which we picked up 410 related to multimedia technology and application. Then we made analysis and statistics on them comparing with data from 2001 to 2004. Looking through the data we can find that researchers in China have been continuously paying more and more attention to digital watermarking

virtual reality

muhimodal interface

infrastructure of pervasive computing

multimedia information retrieval technology

quality of service

computer supported cooperative work

GIS and digital earth

which are also the worldwide trends for a quite long period. We present here an overview on the progress in multimedia technology in China

2005. This article tries to help the researchers not only in looking for references

but also in exploring the new direction of research.