1. Introduction to the early continental evolution of the North China Craton (NCC) 2. General generation and growth of Precambrian continental crust 3. Precambrian outline of the North China Craton 4. Oldest continental rocks in Hadean-Paleoarchean in the North China Craton 5. Magmatic evolution and recycling for Mesoarchean continental crust of the North China craton 6. Neoarchean continental evolution in the North China Craton 7. Neoarchean metamorphism of the North China Craton 8. Lithospheric evolution during the 2.5-2.1 Ga critical period following the Neoarchean cratonization 9. The early plate tectonics: from vertical differentiation to horizontal accretion