This paper briefly states new developments in research and investigations on crustal tectonic framework of the Northern China orogenic regions financially supported by China Geological Survey in the last three years, which include the temporal and spatial distributions of re-confiruled Pre-Nanhuanian continental blocks in the region, new data on some major hot-debated geological issues, and new viewpoints on the crustal tectonic framework, orogenic processes and metallogenic geological settings. And finally, some major issues open to be further studied on the crustal framework and metallogenic geological settings in the region are listed.