Objective To investigate related factors of the delayed referring in children with developmental language delay,and to provide scientific basis for the further intervention. Methods A total of 104 children (including 68 developmental language delay (DLD),36 global developmental delay (GDD) were included,a questionnaire was used to acquire related information. Results 1) There were no significant differences between DLD and GDD in gender,parents education,family history (P>0.05),but first discovered age,first referred age and delayed referring time had statistic differences (P<0.05);2) Through multiple linear regression analysis,mother's education was related with first discovered age.Higher mother's education associated with earlier discovered age.3) There were differences in first discovered age and delayed referring time between different diagnosis conditions (P<0.05).DLD children were more likely to be discovered earlier. Conclusion Due to lack of knowledge of language development milestones to parents,the monitoring of language development from the first year of child is supposed in the primary children's health care system.