Objective To observe and analyze the characteristics of TCM syndromes of influenza-like cases in Beijing from the end of2016 to early 2017. Methods A cross-sectional survey method was used to study 1 224 influenza-like cases received by Chaoyang Hospital affiliated to the Capital Medical University and another 4 hospitals from Nov. 2016 to Feb. 2017,and through analysis based on epidemiology,the clinical manifestations and laboratory test results,TCM syndrome characteristics of influenza-like cases in the Beijing area in winter and spring 2016/2017 were summarized. Results Of 1 224 influenza-like cases,there were fever（ 97. 5%）,Tmax（ 38. 5 ± 0. 7） ℃ at the beginning with cough and sore throat as the main symptoms. On the visit to the clinic,there were fever,cough accompanied by body ache,running nose and sore throat. TCM syndromes were mainly characterized by wind and heat syndrome in 440 cases（ 35. 9%）,then wind cold syndrome and cold covering fire respectively in 335 cases（ 27. 4%） and 300 cases（ 24. 5%）.There were 740 confirmed flu cases（ 60. 5%） including 732 cases of swine flu（ 59. 8%）,seasonal H3 N2 swine flu（ 54. 1%） was the major part among influenza pathogen A,but subtypes were extremely low. The percentage of neutrophils was slightly higher,and there was not much change compared with that in the past. Conclusion The winter and spring flu-like cases in Beijing from 2016 to 2017 were in line with the category of "wind febrile disease"in Chinese medicine accompanied with the clinical symptoms of simultaneous disorder of Defensive qi and qi.