In this paper,an acoustic emission(AE) monitoring system has been developed for Diamond grinding wheel dressing.And the wheel dressing process can be visual monitored by using the acoustic emission system.The wheel dressing actual effect can be quantitative analyzed by canculating the acoustic emission signal standard deviation.Before or after the dressing,the wheel surface shape was measured by using the capacity transducer.The measurement results prove the feasibility of AE monitoring system in the diamond grinding wheel dressing.