OBJECTIVE To analyze the livestock and poultry intake of Chinese elderly. METHODS Data were collected from 2010- 2012 China National Nutrition and Health Surveillance. Information on livestock and poultry intake was collected by using the food frequency questionnaire. Using the multi-stage stratified cluster randomization sampling method. The participants selected were more than 65 years old of 150 counties from 31 provinces in China. RESULTS The average daily intake of livestock and poultry for Chinese elderly was 42. 0 g / d, In the big cities, small cities, general rural and poor rural, those were 60. 0 g / d, 42. 9 g / d, 34. 9 g / d and 26. 4 g / d, respectively. The average daily intake of livestock and poultry for Chinese elderly were 33. 0 g / d, 3. 3 g / d, respectively. In big cities, small cities, general rural and poor rural, the proportion of elderly whose intake exceed Chinese dietary guidelines recommended level were 58. 3%, 44. 8%, 39. 7% and 30. 1%. CONCLUSIONS The livestock and poultry intake of Chinese elderlywere difference between urban and rural. The excessive intake was in urban elderly and the inadequate intake was in rural.