Abstract: Using the two-layer spectral model involving radiation parameterization, continental heat equilibrium, convective parameterization and topography, we simulated the formation and evolution process of the Asian continental cold high in winter. The distributions of sea-level pressure, temperature and vertical velocity in the mid-troposphere in the three development stages, i. e. formation, southward movement and transformation of the cold high, are given in this paper. The results correspond with the observational facts. In addition, we simulated the variation of subtropical and tropical planetary circulation caused by the evolution process of continental cold high.