Abstract: Objective This research aims to, through clarifying the research progress of China's ecological spatial planning in the context of the reform of territorial spatial planning, provide certain theoretical reference for improving the ecological spatial planning system and optimizing the territorial spatial pattern of China.Methods Based on literature tracking, this research sorts out the researches on China's ecological spatial planning under the goal of adapting to the reform of territorial spatial planning from the three dimensions of objective, content and method.Results This research figures out that, in terms of goal setting, ecological spatial planning should be coordinated with the planning of production and living spaces; in terms of content summarization, the identification, evaluation,optimization and control of the use of ecological space need to be carried out under the framework of the territorial spatial planning system; and in terms of technical methodology, there is a need to strengthen the application of such methods as model construction, morphological analysis and multi-scenario simulation in the optimization of ecological spatial pattern.Conclusion Future research may focus on such aspects as composite functions of urban ecological space, spatial mechanisms of ecological space, multidisciplinary cooperation, and planning and design of ecological spatial landscape elements.