With the adjustment of China’s energy structure,LNG as a clean energy will experience a rapid increase of its proportion in the energy structure.Due to LNG’s extremely high requirement for safety,the site selection requirements differing from that of the general cargo terminals are put forward for the construction of LNG receiving terminals.We systematically analyze the site selection of LNG terminals considering the current status of LNG terminal layout in China and relevant engineering site selection experience,and present 18 screening factors to form an evaluation system,so as to facilitate the fast,accurate and reasonable determination of engineering location in future construction of LNG receiving terminals.