Africa has vast land and abundant natural resources，but its level of natural resources development is low and its demand for social and economic development is strong. At the same time，as an important partner of China，Africa is the main place for China to re-shape its new national identity，and it has extremely important strategic significance for China. At present，China’s African geographic researches are gradually deepening and have achieved fruitful results，and the relevant research centers and institutes of African geography have been established in domestic universities. Among them，focusing on four main research areas—Africa’s resources and environment，Africa’s industry and economy，Africa’s society and culture，Africa’s science and technology and China-Africa science and technology cooperation，Zhejiang Normal University systematically carries out African geographic research and some achievements have been achieved. Based on the achievements and experiences of African geographic research，this paper summarizes the characteristics of African geographic research and the weakness of African geographic research，and puts forward the development directions of African geographic research，with a view to inspiring the future development of African geographic research in China.