On the basis of the application history of monitoring systems in China's thermal power plants

the present situation and main problems of the monitoring and control systems were summarized.Moreover

from the aspects of marketing demands

technology improvement

management enhancement and others

the improvement and development of the monitoring systems were reviewed.The monitoring system for future power plants will has such advantages as simple structure

easy to be extended

large information of the equipments' state.It'll be more safe and reliable.Therefore

data collection and utilization

development and connection point standardization of advanced control algorithm software will be the hot issues in current investigations.