This study tries to examine the correlation between Chinese EFL learners’ accent perception accuracy of and their listening proficiency.Accent annotation data were collected from 80 English-majored freshmen and sophomores.Results show that their accent perception accuracy is positively related to their listening proficiency.Therefore,it is concluded that the teaching of the accent should be enhanced to help students overcome some supersegmental obstacles in their listening. This study tries to examine the correlation between Chinese EFL learners’ accent perception accuracy of and their listening proficiency. Accent annotation data were collected from 80 English-majored freshmen and sophomores. Results show that their accent perception accuracy is positively related to their listening proficiency. Therefore, it is concluded that the teaching of the accent should be enhanced to help students to overcome some supersegmental obstacles in their listening.