This paper proposes that contemporary linguistics in China can not lack academic criticism,because academic criticism is beneficial to the improvement of contemporary linguistics in China,and beneficial to setting a nicer academic atmosphere and enhancing the consciousness of protecting intellectual property rights in contemporary linguistics circle in China.When linguists are developing academic criticism for the health of contemporary linguistics in China,they should pay attention to the health of academic criticism too.They should insist on justice,respect the truth,and criticize others reasonally in the academic criticism.Meanwhile,the linguists' attitudes towards the criticism from others also play an important role in the healthy academic criticism.