A deepwater channel complex sedimentary system developed on or beneath slope,and on badin floor. Deepwater channels act as important conduits for transporting terrigenous detrital materials to deepwater basin,and control the formation and evolution lf deepwater sedimentary systems.Generally,a deepwater channel complexforms during the periodt of a relative low stand of sea level,when large volumes of coarse-grained sediment erode the slope and deposit on badin floor.The internal fill is lften quite complex,and the nature of channel-fill deposits varies greatly.Deepwater chanels tend to develop a smooth longitudinal upconcavity that is balanced between erosion and deposition.Based on 2D seismic data and stratigraph,we recognized a central deepwater channel complex sedimentary system,which probably formed during the early Oliocene at 5.0 Ma in Qiongdongnan Basin northern South China Sea. On seismic reflection profiles, the studied channels present an overall“U”or “V”shape and middle-high-amplitude continual seismic phase.Combining the lithologic layering from drilling well and the published channel filling model, we constructed a model of the studied channel complex and found tha most of them were sandstone-rich aggradational channel-fill patterns.the deepwater channel complex can act as good hydrocarbon reservoirs.