Civil spirit is characterized by subjectivity and publicity. The overseas study on the civil spirit of china is important component of the whole study of the civil spirit of china. There were found out that the progress of market economy and urbanization in china is a necessary condition for the creation of civil spirit. Although, Confucian thought is irreconcilable with modern culture. It’s still beneficial to the progress of civil spirit in china. The civil spirit of china witnessed a gradual increase in the filed of pedagogy, sociology and politics. The Chinese citizens’ legal rights and social rights dominated by the state sector developed rapidly. However, the political rights lagged behind, that is different from the classical theory of western citizenship. The future trend of the civil spirit of china is to expand political rights and develop the consciousness of citizenship of the world. However, there exist the problems of denying china’s political systems in the overseas studies.