Abstract: The extensive and bilateral cultural interactions between China and the West from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century accelerated the social development on both sides. This paper examines the influence o f advanced Western glass manufacturing techniques on the Chinese glassware industry, the utilization and proliferation of glass windows, and the widespread use of the glassware in China during the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns. The author shows that the introduction of glass manufacturing techniques from the West advanced the development of traditional glass works and the use of glass windows, and that glassware affected the exterior and the interior decoration style of buildings.