With greater economic development and the improvement of people’s standard of living,modern wooden structures have become a new hot spot in current construction.Therefore,fireproof performance of wooden buildings is becoming more and more important.The authors first introduce the development status of wooden buildings in China.They then describe the advantages of fireproofing wooden buildings as compared to steel construction and reinforced concrete construction.In conclusion,they make some suggestions for further research and development trends on fireproofing of wooden buildings.