Objective To translate the Clinical Nurses’ Reflective Ability Scale into Chinese and to test its reliability and validity. Methods With the authorization of the original author，literal translation，back translation and cultural adjustment of the Clinical Nurses’ Reflective Ability Scale were carried out based on the Brislin translation model. A total of 424 nurses were recruited and investigated by the Chinese version scale，and 50 nurses were randomly selected to retest. Besides，seven experts evaluated the content validity to test the reliability and validity of the scale. Results The Chinese version scale included 19 items and three dimensions：review，reflection and expanding nursing practice. The range of S-CVI was 0.947 and the I-CVI was ranged from 0.857 to 1.000. Three common factors were extracted by exploratory factor analysis，and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 51.865%. Confirmatory factor analysis showed：χ²/df=1.602，RMSEA=0.052，CFI=0.941，GFI=0.902，IFI=0.942，TLI=0.932. The total Cronbach’s α coefficient of the scale was 0.901，and retest reliability coefficient were 0.948. Conclusion The Chinese version of the scale has good reliability and validity in the domestic cultural background and could be deemed as a valid instrument for assessing reflective ability of clinical nurses.