The biological characteristics, and culture status of culter Culter alburnus were viewed in Xingkai lake in Jixi City of Heilongjing Province. The culter resources recession was found in Xingkai lake due to overfishing in the last century even though the culter grow fast and have long good growth period. In the past years, the fish stocks have recovered by many resource protection measures in Xingkai lake where the culter become a famous farmed fish, successful artificial propagation, breeding and food fish culture throughout the Northeast China region. In recent years, the biological characteristics, the status of fishery resources, flesh analysis, artificial reproduction and embryonic development, nutrition and feed are summarized in culterr in Xingkai lake to provide a reference for scientific conservation and development of culter industry in Xingkai lake.