This paper aims at the studies of the major characteristics of geotectonics of Asia and their regularities of evolution on the basis of opening-closing tectonic points of view proposed. The results of studies listed as the following: 1) 11 geotectonic cycles have been subdivided which can be deduced into 3 periods; 2) taking the 23 subduction and collision zones as a key framework and assuming the Siberian continental block, the Paleo-Chinese block, the Indian block and the Pacific plate as kerns, 4 tectonic assemblages can be subdivided; 3) the Asian geotectonic deformation features can be delineated; 4) the temporal-spatial geotectonic evolution of the Asian continent is synchronous with that of the Globe and had undergone 3 major epeirogenic events; and 5) the three tectonic patterns—backward-subduction-docking pattern, single-directional migration collage pattern and in situ opening-closing accordion pattern can be subdivided in Asia.
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