Abstract: The present paper contains a brief historical account of investigations on Chinese Halictus and an annotated list of 16 species. The following new taxa are described:Halictus (Monilapis) yunnanicus sp. Nov. and Halictus (Protohalictus ) hedini hebeiensis sub sp. Nov. Synonymies H. takuiricus Bluthgen, 1936= H. pseudotakuiricus Fan, 1990= H.Zadaensis Fan, 1990 and Halictus palustris Morawitz, 1876= H. frostus Fan, 1990 are ascertained. Halictus maculatus Smith and Halictus compressus (Walkenaer) are new recordsfor China. Holotypes and most of the paratypes are deposited in the Institue of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing; a few paratypes-in the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg. The diagnostic characters of the new taxa are given as follows: