The paper gives an overview of the current research on e-government adoption based on citizens' perspective from concept definition,research quantities distribution,theory/model application,as well as research methods and contents.At present,domestic research in this regard is still relatively scarce and further research is needed.Most of current studies are based on classical IT/IS theory/models with some core variables added to the original model for further refinement,extension and integration as well as foci on the impact of factors such as individual characteristic,technology,environment and quality on citizens' adoption.Further studies should keep exploring different potential factors of e-government adoption for different communities,and construct empirical research model suitable for particular situation of e-government.Also appropriate samples should be selected and tested empirically in different circumstances and the size of the samples should be enlarged to promote the application of research findings.4figs.34refs.