As a geographic concept,climate zones contain comprehensive climate information. Research into changes in climate zones is an important way to study climate change. Here,as a geographic indicator areas of climate zones are used to explore China interannual- interdecadal climate variation from 1961 to 2010. Climatic zones were based on Koppen climate classification. China monthly surface air temperature and surface precipitation 0. 5 ° x 0. 5 ° gridded dataset were used to classify climate zones. East Asia summer monsoon index(EASMI),South Asia summer monsoon index(SASMI),summer westerly index(SWI)and East Asia winter monsoon index (EAWMI)were used to analyze the impacts of climate change. Wind field data and pressure field data was used to calculate wind indices. According to the results,major climatic zones in China include steppe climate(Bs),desert climate(Bw),warm temperate climate with dry winter(Cw),warm temperate climate,fully humid(Cf),snow temperate climate with dry winter(Dw)and tundra climate(ET). The northern Tianshan Mountains,western Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and both sides of the 400mm precipitation line and edge of the Meiyu Area were most sensitive to climate change. Interdecadal changes in climate zones show that China has been warming,and the whole China except southern part of it has been drier. Interannual changes in climate zones show that China has been warming,but not show it has been drier or wetter. East Asia summer monsoon (EASM)has an impact on desert climate(Bw),warm temperate climate without dry season(Cf) and warm temperate climate with dry summer(Cs). South Asia summer monsoon(SASM)has an impact on desert climate(Bw),snow temperate climate without dry season(Df)and warm temperate climate with dry summer(Cs). Summer westerly(SW)has an impact on tundra climate (ET)and warm temperate climate without dry season(Df). East Asia winter monsoon(EAWM) has an impact on snow temperate climate with dry winter(Dw),steppe climate(Bs),savannah climate(Aw)and warm temperate climate with dry summer (Cs). The most important index in China is the East Asia winter monsoon(EAWM).