In the paper, based on the measurement models of industrial upstreamness, we calculate the position and study the dynamic evolution of the position of China's accommodation and catering in the industrial chain. Generally, the position of the accommodation and catering in the global industrial chain and the domestic industrial chain moves to the upstream of the industrial chain. From the closed economy to the open economy, the upstreamness of the accommodation and catering fluctuates greatly, from 2002 to 2010, the global industrial upstreamness is greater than the domestic industrial upstreamness, from 2012 to 2017, the reverse is true. The fluctuation range of domestic industrial upstreamness of the accommodation and catering is greater than that of the global industrial upstreamness. The change direction of the net export of the accommodation and catering is basically the same as that of the upstreamness of foreign industrial upstreamness, the increase of net export promotes the upstreamness of foreign industrial upstreamness. The change trend of the global industrial upstreamness of the accommodation and catering is basically similar to that of the domestic industrial upstreamness. Generally, at present, the growth rate of the domestic industrial upstreamness of accommodation and catering is higher than that of the global industrial upstreamness.