As a basic measure for the implementation of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO，the intangible cultural heritage （ICH） inventorying in the context of this Convention corresponds approximately to the mechanism of representative ICH list in China. Most of the State Parties of the 2003 Convention have already estalished their mechanisms of ICH inventorying with national caracteristics，except a small quantity of State Parties which have not started theirs ICH inventorying practices，or just started the inventorying process. As one of the earliest State Parties of the Convention （2^e december，the 6^e country to adopte the Convention），China has started its ICH inventorying process very early to implement the Convention，and established gradually its mechanism of ICH investigation，submission and evaluation.