Applying precipitation data from the meteorology stations during 1951-2013, the recent precipitation tendency between the Northwest and North China were analyzed. The conclusions are as follows: The spatial distribution of the annual precipitation is that the quantity is greater in the east than that in the west. The precipitation tendency is increasing obviously in the Northwest China, especially in Qinghai and Xinjiang, and the tendency is decreasing in the North China, the borderline between increasing and decreasing is nearby 104°E. The increasing tendency in the Northwest China started in the mid -1980s and the decreasing tendency in the North China started in the early 1980s. The anti -of -phase characteristics are also obviously by precipitation cumulative percentage anomaly. The whole area (Northwest and North China) is divided into six sub-regions related to different terrain, geographical position and circulation system, which can help to deeply understand the anti-of-phase characteristics in the Northwest and North China.