From during the period of 'the one hundred reform' kang wrote to guangxu 'please set the press law of China fold', the promulgation and the implementation of the press law of qing, the qing dynasty has built a comparatively complete modern news of legal system. Although the qing government to formulate the fundamental purpose of press law is not to maintain the freedom of the press, but the measure objectively is real will promote the development of China's news legislation, for the news of the legal system construction in China laid the important foundation. This paper aims to comprehensively and objectively evaluate the significance of the construction of the journalism law of the qing dynasty.