The standardized training for specialists in China has ushered in a new phase of steady development and gradual improvement from the initial stage of slow start-up and making plan. Current researches focus on the training system, training model and competency-based training model. Due to late start, short history, insufficient experience and rational thinking of training for specialists in China, currently we need more in-depth and systematic studies; the studies should be more pertinent and applicable, and the studies on competency-based training need to be further broadened. In this review, the research focuses of standardized specialist training in China are sorted out, and the main problems are analyzed, hoping to provide reference for the development of standardized specialist training in China.