The consumption of acrylic acid and acrylate esters,the production technology and development trends of the main acrylic acid products in China are introduced based on the analysis of the product chain of acrylic acid.Most of acrylic acid is used to produce acrylate esters and superabsorbent polymers in China.Acrylic acid and acrylate esters can be domestically produced on the whole,which is comparable to the international level.However,the process of hygeian SAP is still monopolized by foreign company.Finally,the trends of the market and the technology development of domestically-produced acrylic acid and acrylate in the future are proposed.