Abstract: The success of "shale gas revolution" in the United States has changed the worldwide thinking of new energy and renewable energy development,making the policies and social- economic impacts of shale gas being a hot spot of academic circles.By combing the existing literature on shale gas development and utilization status systematically,we found that current attentions of shale gas were paid in these aspect:①current policy system of shale gas in the United States and China;②the main problems and challenges of developing shale gas in China;③analysis on the social-economic impacts of shale gas.Based on the literature summary,we insist that much more attentions should be paid in the topic of the short term and long term social-economic impacts of shale gas in future