Abstract: Urban land surface model is crucially important in urban refined weather forecasting and research of climate effect of urbanization. This paper reviews the research progress of urban land surface model in four aspects. They are urban land surface model development, urban land surface model parameterization, urban land surface model assimilation, and urban land surface model application respectively. The main problems which exist now referring to urban land surface model development are pointed out, and the main research directions in the future are put forward hereafter.