As an indispensable part of the analytical technique, atomic spectrometry is showing great importance for promoting scientific and technological progress, especially in environmental science, energy technology, food science, biotechnology, and materials science. With our country’s increasing emphasis on high-tech, domestic analytical and detection technologies are advancing rapidly, and the development of atomic spectroscopy has become extremely important. In this review, a brief summary on the researches and applications of atomic spectrometry in China for year 2015—2018 has been given. The main contents include: Atomic Emission Spectrometry (AES), consisting of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES), Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry(GD-OES), Dielectric Barrier Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry (DBD-OES) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrometry (LIBS); Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), consisting of Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS), Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (GFAAS) and Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (HGAAS); Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry (AFS); X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF); Elemental Mass Spectrometry (EMS), consisting of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry(ICP-MS), Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometry (GDMS), Laser Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LIMS) and Atom Probe Tomography (APT); hyphenated techniques of atomic spectroscopy. We focus on the breakthroughs and innovations in technology, instrumentation, detection methods, and performance with various technologies and various combinations. Related applications in electronics, metallurgy, geology, environment, pharmaceuticals, food, life sciences and other fields are introduced briefly.