The yachting industry has attracted close attention and has been highly valued as newly arisen industrial sector in China. The highly developed cities and provinces with ample aquatic tourism resources like Hainan, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shanghai, Qingdao, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hebei and Liaoning are making great effort to nurture and develop this industry. This paper introduces the key techiniques of marina design, marina developing situation in China, outlook the future development and point out the existing problems.