Abstract: The analysis of summer rainfall intensity in China is carried on for the purpose of practical application of climatic data to the natural resources development. It contains three main parts: 1) a brief survey of the distribution of mean intensity of rain in summer months; 2) an investigation of the record maxima of rainfall intensity at different stations in respective geographical regions; 3) a statistical analysis of the time variations of yearly maximum intensities at 12 representative stations and a calculation of expected values of daily rainfall intensity for different ranges of time period.