Asawhole,thecontinentofChinaisgroupedbyPan-Cathaysianblocks,LaurasiaandGondwanacontinentalmargins
and3oceans(Paleo-AsianOcean,TethysOceanandPacificOcean).Indetail,thecontinentofChinaisgrewupby3blocksor
platforms(NorthChina,TarimandYangtze)and8orogenicbelts (Altai-InnerMongolia-Daxinganling,Tianshan-Junggar-
Beishan,Qinling-Qilian-Kunlun,Qiangtang-Sanjiang,Gangdisê,Himalaya,Cathaysia,EasternTaiwan)duringtheprocessof
disappearingofoceaniccrustsandthecolliding-growingofcontinentalcrusts.Intheorogenicbelts,6convergentcrustalconsumptionzones(
Ertix-XarMoron,SouthTianshan,Kuanping-Foziling,Bangonghu-Shuanghu-Nujiang-Changning-Menglian,
Brahmaputra,Jiangshao-Chenzhou-Qinfang)havebeensubdivided.Correspondingly,thestrataofthecontinentofChinaare
subdividedinto17tectonic-stratasuperregionswhichtectonicallybelongto3blocksorplatforms,6convergentcrustalconsumptionzonesand8orogenicseries.
Thisdivisionismainlybasedon9keyaspects,includingthedifferenceoftectonicenvironmentandtectonicevolutionamongblocks,
convergentcrustalconsumptionzonesandorogenicbelts,thetimingwhenthe
oceaniccruststransferringintocontinentalcrusts,thefeatureofpaleobiogeographandthetypesofstrata,etc..
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