Abstract: Frontier is essentially a kind of political geographical space.In addition，it also has such attributes as geography，culture，economy and so on.In different state forms with different prominent attributes，the concept of border view will adjust accordingly.In the era of nation-state，influenced by sovereignty，geopolitics and international system，the political concept of begins to rise.With the advance of globalization，the nation-state has undergone a significant transformation，and the western countries has updated the border theory.In China，however,the traditional cultural frontier concept is still exists，making it difficult to mix in the national context and globalization.Faced with this situation，China should establish a dual territorial structure composed of sovereign territory and super sovereign territory，and on the basis，construct the frontier category of multi- circles,forming its own border discourse system.

Key words: frontier, frontier attribute, frontier concept, frontier governance, nation-state, globalization