Abstract: Adaptive co-management refers to a scientific decision-making method and management process with participation of multi-disciplinary talents and multi-stakeholder. With timely monitoring and adjustment, it is dynamic and constantly optimized. It can deal with uncertainty of natural factors and human activities, minimize risks, and thus achieve the best protection and utilization of resources. It has been widely applied for protected areas in abroad. By sorting the concepts and development process of adaptive co-management, analyzing and summarizing its adaptive condition, application practice and major steps, as well as considering the status and issues in the management of protected areas in China, we explored the adaptive co-management mode of national parks based on the eco-system management, which aims at providing scientific basis and reference for China's national park management that meets multiple-management goal.