As an important part of key competences in the 21 st century, information literacy has received extensive attention from all over the world. In the field of elementary education, K-12 students' information literacy and its evaluating indicators system are hotspots in the current research. On the basis of summarizing the connotation, components, standards framework and evaluating indicators system of information literacy both in China and foreign countries, followed by a SWOT analysis of information literacy for K-12 students in China, as well ...