Abstract: This article reviews the development of interpreting studies in China in the past 40 years. Based on the bibliometrical data of core journal articles, monographs, PhD dissertations and international journal articles on interpreting, it examines the distribution of publication numbers, research topics and research methods. Four periods are identified for the development of interpreting studies in China as including: (1) the Trail-blazing Period from late 1970s to late 1980s; (2) the Initial Development Period in the 1990s; (3) the Renewal Period in the first decade of the 21st century; and (4) the Diversified Development Period in the second decade of the 21st century. Major achievements of interpreting studies in China are embodied in the following aspects: (1) improved quality of journal articles; (2) enhanced theoretical and methodological construction; (3) remarkable achievements in interpreting training; (4) outstanding achievements in corpus-based interpreting studies; (5) emergence of the new generation of researchers; and (6) successful efforts in going global for some Chinese interpreting researchers.