Volcanic activities are of great importance to the global deep carbon cycle,which could release large amount of greenhouse gases during both eruptive and quiescent stages,resulting in climatic and environmental changes on local and even global scales. Under the context of global warming,quantitative studies on the contribution of volcanic activities to rising of atmospheric greenhouse gases concentration are critical to discriminating carbon emissions associated with nature and human and to accumulating essential data for geological carbon budget. In this study, we briefly reviewed types,characteristics and research methods of greenhouse gases emissions,and the current status of research on fluxes and origin of greenhouse gases emitting from volcanic fields of China. Based on internationally accepted theory in volcanic-related greenhouse gases,we proposed that,systematic studies on fluxes and origin of greenhouse gases emitting from volcanic activities would contribute to estimating scale of greenhouse gases emissions,volcanic monitoring and magma degassing.