Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) was firstly introduced into China in 1871. Initially, it was only planted in temples and home gardens in northern China, mainly distributed in Bohai Bay region. With the rapid development of China’s economy, cultivation area and production of sweet cherry have increased significantly since the 1980s. By 2016, the total sweet cherry plantation area reached about 180,000 ha, the harvested area and greenhouse cultural area are approximately 100,000 and 10,000 ha, with the production of 700,000 and 90,000 t, respectively. Greenhouses provide better conditions for tree growth and thus produces cherries with earlier harvest, better quality and higher yield. Nowadays, the major cultivation regions of sweet cherry are mainly distributed in Bohai Bay region and along the Longhai railway line. The major cultivars include ‘Hongdeng’, ‘Krupnoplodnaja’, ‘Tieton’, ‘Brooks’, ‘Van’, ‘Rainier’, ‘Lapins’, ‘Summit’, ‘Sunburst’, ‘Regina’, etc. ‘Hongdeng’ is the most popular cultivar in China, which has many attractive traits such as early maturity (‘Burlat’ +2~3), red color, larger fruit size (8 g), higher SSC and tasty flavor. Major rootstocks are mostly derived from P. pseudoceresus, P. serrulata, P. cerasus, P. mahaleb, and interspecific hybrids. The main training systems include traditional type (small and sparse canopy shape), central leader, bush and wall trellis, etc.