Abstract: With the benefit of keeping privacy and easiness in operation, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing provides an alternative way for expanding conventional HIV testing in men who have sex with men (MSM), which is also significant in HIV surveillance and control of HIV pandemic. Besides all the advantages mentioned above, HIV self-testing plays an important role in scaling up first-time and continuous HIV testing based on professional environment as well. In this review, we summarize current HIV testing prevalence, the development of HIV self-testing, and the acceptance, implementation pattern and challenge of HIV self-testing among MSM in China for providing evidences to promote HIV self-testing in the MSM.