A method for rule compliance situation checking is provided. The method in one aspect, includes the steps of: a) building a rule model for predefined rules and building a business operational model for business processes; b) normalizing vocabularies in the rule model and the business operational model; c) checking whether the rule model is satisfied by the business operational model; and d) outputting a report on checking results. The present invention also provides a corresponding system for rule compliance checking. The rule compliance checking of the present invention allows users to perform fast and effective automatic checking of rule compliance, avoid interference of man-made factors in checking process to a great extent and thus guarantee veracity of checking results.