Abstract: Purpose/Signficance With the introduction of strategies and concepts such as ecological civilization and green development, the research on modernization of eco-environmental governance in China has gradually become a hot issue concerned by scholars. Design/Methodology Through the review of relevant literature, scholars’ researches are compared and analyzed on the concepts, characteristics, theoretical bases, countermeasures, and the deficiencies on research paradigm, methods and other aspects are pointed out. Findings/Conclusions The paper puts forward the direction of deepening related researches, including the Chinese paradigm of eco-environmental governance modernization research; China’s path of eco-environmental governance modernization; comparison of models of eco-environmental governance modernization; China’s responsibility for global eco-environmental governance modernization.