A brief introduction of Chinese Hygrobatidae taxonomy is reviewed. A new species, Sinibates xinyaoae Li, Smit & Guo sp. nov. from Hainan province is described representing a new genus Sinibates Li, Smit & Guo gen. nov. A second species, Hygrobates (Minibates) cf. dobriyali Pešić & Smit, 2019, from Hunan province represents a new subgenus, Minibates Li, Smit & Guo subgen. nov. in Hygrobates. The other new species, Mixobates neoamurensis Li & Guo sp. nov. from Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region adds a newly recorded genus, Mixobates Thor, 1905 from China.Text: LSIDhttps://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EF1A166-30A4-4761-A133-E00F40B68007Genus: Sinibates Li, Smit & Guo gen. nov.: LSID https://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D4F94642-D47C-4200-B36B-C695A54166B4Species: Sinibates xinyaoae Li, Smit & Guo sp. nov.: LSID https://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:23C6986A-128D-4906-9027-926891B2C138Subgenus: Minibates Li, Smit & Guo subgen. nov.: LSID https://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:142B5C42-140C-4E6A-B38E-180F8C442B1BSpecies: Mixobates neoamurensis Li & Guo sp. nov.: LSID https://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9B494E8C-81F7-4859-8DC3-88392DCDB67A [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]