Objective To research the running status of dual-referral in a township of Dongguan city.Methods Hospitals and community health service centers in C town were selected as the research sites.The dual-referral system implementation situatidn in local area was understood by the questionnaire survey on the patients and medical personnel.Results About 44.4％ of patients understood the dual-referral system in local region.However,82.1％ of patients had no the dual-referral experience.The majority of doctors had the experience of upward referral patients and downward referral patients,but their number only accounted for below 10.0 ％ of diagnosis and treatment patients.When the proportion of community reimbursement increased by 20.0％,for the question of whether or not to go to the community first,57.6 ％ of patients expressed willingness,32.7 ％ of patients expressed unwillingness,and 9.7 ％ of patients expressed no influence on own willingness.Conclusion The understand degree of the patients in C township on dual-referral is in the low side.The links of upward transfer and downward transfer of dual referral are insufficient smooth.