Abstract: From five aspects of fire extinguishing media,fire extinguishers,fire fighting and rescuing equipment,fire communications and fire figsting and rescuing management,fire fighting standards covering 200 items among Chinese Technical Committee for Fire Protection Standardization,International Organization for Standardization,fire protection standards research institutions and association in U.S.A,were compared to clarify the direction and emphasis of fire figSting standard system of China.The results show that foam and powder media standards keep ahead of international,however,gas fire-extinguishing agent standards are not involved in Borne of the new type halogenated hydrocarbons fire extinguishing agent;Revision of fire extinguisher standards are behind international standards;Larger number of fire fighting equipment standards,but is not comprehensive and systematic enough;Fire communication system standards are behind the development of communications technology;Fire figsting and rescue management standards are the weakest aspect of fire safety standardization in China.To solve these problems,constructire suggestions on development and improvement of fire figsting standard system of China were presented.