This paper summarizes the development of educational technology in China from 1949-1966 and from 1976 to the present, and training in educational technology since 1980. It also summarizes research in educational technology--which has recently shifted from an epistemological to a methodological perspective--with higher levels of research being done at Peking Normal University and East China Normal University where the emphasis is on the modernization of educational technology, future development, and policy making. Research at universities and educational technology centers with different orientations from the other two institutions is also discussed, including studies of existing problems and ways to improve the current systems of educational technology. The paper concludes with a discussion of the future of educational technology in China and suggestions for future research in five major areas: (1) remote education; (2) expansion of television universities; (3) design and publication of instructional courseware; (4) computer-assisted instruction in the classroom; and (5) educational communications networks. (CGD)