The application of capillary electrophoresis (CE) to many fields and the development of relevant CE techniques in China are presented, based mainly on the contents of the two national symposia on CE, which were held in 1993 and 1995 separately with a total of about 200 papers presented. The technique has been involved in the widespread fields of industry, agriculture, medicine, environmental sciences, etc. The method and technique development involves all aspects including columns, detectors, and whole machines.