In 2016，China’s live video streaming has experienced an unprecedented rapid development. The rapid growth of the number of users，the rapid expansion of the scale of the industry and the emergence and development of a variety of new forms of live video streaming technology made the year destined to become the milestone for the development of China live video streaming. Live video streaming as a new form of media，has the low-access，high-interaction features which is different from the traditional live. In order to understand the basic situation，this paper will give a brief description to the development and main types of China’s live video streaming. Then we will analyze the characteristics of live video streamings that are different from the previous media forms. Also，it is necessary to synthesize the statistical data from different research institutions to draw a picture for users’ characteristics. Based on those analysis，we will better understand the status of China’s live video streaming development，which can give us the opportunity to identify and solve the problems. Finally，through forecasting the trend，we hope to provide a reference for the development of China’s live video streaming industry.