The research on the development of atherosclerosis has been recognized as the hot and key point in medical research of China. Focusing on the model and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, Chinese researchers executed mass studies in the recent three years, like apoptosis and autophagy, oxidative stress, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, vascular inflammation, the function of lipoprotein, non-coding RNA gene polymorphism and epidemiological studies of atherosclerosis, and other aspects that could induce atherosclerosis. What’s more, the investigations on apoptosis and autophagy, epigenetic mechanisms, signal pathway, microRNA, LncRNA, PCSK9 and the application of apolipoprotein mimetic peptide have been the tendency in the cure of atherosclerosis. Chinese researchers have provided several new theories on preventing and curing atherosclerosis, however, a certain gap is still existed between Chinese and international researches.