The identification standards of saline-alkali tolerance in rice were evaluated according to the researches in both China and abroad. This study pointed out that the present adopted evaluation standards was inaccurate in distinguishing harms of salinity and alkalinity and they could only be used for the biological salt tolerance and could not be used for agricultural salt tolerance. Some suggestions on identification standards of rice saline-alkali tolerance in varieties, methods and stress concentrations were also provided in this paper. The saline-alkali tolerance abilities in the whole life cycle of rice should be emphasized in the future.