The current status of the operational agrometeorological service in China, the problems encountered in practice, and the countermeasure are described. According to the needs of modern agricultural development, the developing trends and main tasks of agrometeorological service in China are analyzed. It is pointed out that the agrometeorological service in China has made encouraging progress in the recent 40 years，but there exist some problems such as the backward observation facilities, the limited service scope, and the unsatisfactory technical level of service products. The future efforts should be made on the system construction of modern agrometeorological service with emphasis on the expansion of the service scope, the reinforcement of observation infrastructures, and the integration of agrometeorological service with policymaking and other related sectors. The operation service should be developed towards diversification and refinement so to promote service capability.