Responsible recreational fisheries in China require fully considering socioeconomic and environmental impacts and minimizing negative impacts of fisheries and fishery products.Responsible recreational fisheries also include considering climate change, responsible tourism, and developing a modern fishery.In this paper we discuss several areas of a responsible Chinese recreational fishery: self-discipline, cultural respect and equality, low carbon/energy consumption, and conservation.We do so by discussing the responsibilities of the business and leisure fishing communities.We conclude that the Chinese public should raise its awareness of its responsibilities,recreational fishing businesses and communities should clarify their obligations, fishing industry associations should actively organize and promote responsible recreational fisheries, government fisheries agencies should recommend policies for responsible recreational fisheries as soon as possible, and the fisheries economic and management community should strengthen international cooperation in responsible recreational fisheries research.