The study of soil basic taxon, especially soil series establishment, is a foundation of Chinese Soil Taxonomy (CST), and can directly provide scientific guidance for agricultural production. The ferrallitic soils (Latosol, Latosolic red earth, red earth) are widely distributed in southern China. In order to understand the progresses of attribution and soil series establishment of ferrallitic soils in CST, the paper reviewed the achievements of the National S&T Basic Special Foundation Project "Survey of Soil Series in China and Compilation of Soil Series of China" since 2008, in which the retrieval consequences of diagnostic horizons and characteristics and attribution of higher taxa and soil series establishment of ferrallitic soils were systematically analyzed, the future development of soil series establishment should focus on the refining the criteria of partitioning and describing soil series, strengthening the establishment of new soil series, utilizing the updated technology and method, and broadly capitalizing on the achievements. These advances would be a reference for researching soil taxonomy of ferrallitic soils in southern China.