Abstract: In this paper, the recent developments in seismic safety evaluation and aseismic measures for high rockfill dams were reviewed, including advanced constitutive models, dam-foundation-water dynamic interaction, high-performance non-linear dynamic FEM software, numerical simulation of failure process, and aseismic measures of concrete slab, and etc. After that, some future research trends on earthquake-resistance analysis of high rockfill dams were discussed, such as the seismic response analysis, mechanical properties and constitutive relations of rockfill, computing technology, and seismic safety evaluation method.