"Active form with passive meaning (AFPM) "construction has attracted much attention of English and Chinese scholars. Some problems have been found. One type of "AFPM" construction, namely "middle construction", is mainly studied and other types that also form this category are overlooked. The derivations of "middle construction" are still disputed. Some other studies that make relevant individual observations on the "AFPM" construction cause an incomprehensive understanding. Also, there is almost no comparative study on English and Chinese "AFPM" construction in the area of syntax. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis is to systematically make a comparative study on English and Chinese "AFPM" constructions and is to examine the "middle construction" from a new perspective. Meanwhile, through the method of comparison, this thesis is to describe, analyze and interpret the similarities and differences of English and Chinese "AFPM" construction. Moreover, the constraints that are implied will be summarized and interpreted. During the process of the comparative study, this thesis will make a full use of the general theories of contrastive linguistics, structuralism and Chomskys T-G grammar. On the whole, a comparative classification is made on English and Chinese