///The basins in the South China Sea could be divided into different types, such as continental shelf basins, continental slope basins and deep sea basins. The complex dynamic settings of the South China Sea have caused many controversies on their origin. The plate dynamic factors include the Pacific Plate subduction and the indentation of the Philippine Sea Plate along the Taiwan Orogen to the east side of the South China Sea, and the Indian Plate oblique subduction and mid-ocean ridge subduction to the west side. They may also be responsible for the uplifting of the Tibetan Plateau and the related extrusions of continental blocks to the north side. At the same time, the mantle dynamics of deep-seated magma underplating, delamination, mantle plume and mantle-hydrated process should not be ignored. At last, this paper proposes one strike-slipping pull-apart model to explain the onset of the South China Sea Basin which is closely related to the tectonic evolution of the Pacific Tectonic Domain.