Abstract: <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Based on current status of resources development in China and on the requirement of energy-saving,and emission-reduction,environment protection,and of building resource-conserving society to realize sustainable development of economy,</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">recycling of industrial acidic effluents is increasingly imperative.Latest research methods and progress for the treatment of acidic effluents were summarized.Action principles and present research and application status of various membrane technologies including nano-filter membrane method,diffusion dialysis method,and electrodialysis method etc.for treating acidic effluents were systematically introduced.Membrane separation technologies have gained significant development and wide application due to their advantages,such as simplicity,low energy consumption,and environment-friendliness,and they offered possibility for recycling acidic industrial effluents.In particular,advantages and disadvantages of those methods were summarized briefly and prospects of their application in acidic waste liquid treatment were discussed on the basis of fundamental realities of China and their current development status. </SPAN>