Chinese sucker is under national first class protection, the resources has declined significantly in recent years. In order to restore the natural population, releasing and enhancement have been carried out. In this study, 10 tagged Chinese sucker (5 females and 5 males, average body weight 12.5 kg ±5.4 kg) were released in the Yibin reaches of the upper Yangtze River in March 2018, the movement characteristics of the releasing fishes were monitored by 20 fixed stations for nearly 500 d. The monitoring results showed that there were 4 individuals with short-term upward movement and the remaining individuals continued to downward movement. The average moving distance of the released fishes was 456.2 km ±335.8 km, the longest movement was to the Zigui reaches. At the end of the monitoring period, 5 individuals were distributed in the Yibin-Jiangjin reaches, 4 individuals were distributed in the Jiangjin-Zhongxian reaches, and 1 individual was distributed in the Badong-Zigui reaches. The average speed of the released fishes was 2.31 km/h ±2.03 km/h, and the maximum downward and upward speed were 35 km/h and 1.04 km/h, respectively. The downward speed was higher than the upward speed. The average moving speed did not differ between different reaches, but there were differences in time periods. The moving speed within 20 d after releasing was higher than 40 d later. The average habitat depth of the Chinese sucker was 6.24 m±4.84 m. Along with the downward movement, the released individuals chose deeper inhabitation. The individual had a large variation of habitat depth in a single day. Based on the monitoring results, increasing the number of released matured Chinese sucker and adding more releasing sites were suggested.