In this study, we reviewed the development of a Chinese eco-industrial park. First, the history of Chinese industrial park development after the institution of the Reform and Opening Policy in 1979 and the main challenges were analyzed. Second, a management and development model of a Chinese eco-industrial park was presented, followed by a review of the performance of national eco-industrial park development from three aspects:(1) comparing the difference of metrics between reference years of eco-industrial park planning and accreditation, (2) environmental performance analysis based on a data envelopment analysis approach, and (3) environmental performance index of eco-industrial park. Third, based on Web of Science and CNKI databases, a snapshot of scientific research on eco-industrial park development was shown by reviewing the topics of scientific publications and ranking the popularity of keywords. Fourth, challenges facing Chinese eco-industrial park development were identified. Last, the future prospect of Chinese eco-industrial park development was proposed based on four aspects, (1) aspiring absolute decoupling of resource consumption and waste generation, (2) rethinking future roadmap of eco-industrial park development, (3) refining management of the park, and (4) understanding the mechanism that impacts the sustainable development of eco-industrial park based on long-tern material/energy metabolism analysis of the park.