Abstract: In summer 1985, 833 kindergartnets of 2—6 years old were measured by the author in Beijing. The number of boys is 439, and girls, 394. The anthropometric items include stature, sitting height, arm length, maximum shoulder breadth, maximum hip breadth, girth of head, girth of upper-arm, girth of chest, girth of waist, girth of thigh and body weight.
The initial data have been processed by computer. According to age, the children have been divided into several groups.
Under the same circumstances, the effect of parent native place and nationality on growth level is not significant (P>0. 05) , neither is the difference between girls and boys. But, the difference between two age groups is significant (P<0. 01) . In other words when children are 2-6 years old, the effect of heredity on growth level is not significant and there is no sex difference in physical appearance, except genital organs.
The stature and weight increase rapidly, the average increase of the stature is 70 mm per year and the weight is about 2000 g per year. As the children grow up, the increase speeds of the boys' weight and the children stature are regularly changed, the former going up, and the latter going down. The change in gitls' weight is more complex.
The standard correlation coefficients of most length dimensions of the body are higher than that of girth. In comparison with the data of 1975, the increase speed of the children stature has reduced.

Key words: Anthropometry; Children growth; Beijing