This paper starts with explaining the concept of indigenization,and analyzes the current situation of study on the Catholic indigenization process in China from domestic and international academia.Then it also presents that the process can be divided into five stages.The author thinks the investigation of Catholic indigenization process in China has important academic significance.It is of vital academic significance to the understanding of the Catholic history status since the last years of the Ming Dynasty and to the further discussion of the future development of Catholic in China.