Sugar is not only carbon and energy sources as well as structural material in plant cells,but also a signaling molecule,which plays a key role in plant growth,development,and response to environmental stresses. Abiotic stresses,such as high temperature,low temperature,drought,salinity,and heavy metal,are the major stress factors limiting crop yield. The exact mechanism of sugar,as signaling molecule,in plants response to these stresses still remains unclear. Based on the current advance in sugar signaling and its role in the formation of stress tolerance in plants,the hexose kinase(HXK)-,regulator of G protein signaling 1(RGS1)-,glycolysis(EMP)-,and pentose phosphate pathway(PPP)-dependent signaling pathways were separately summarized;and the role of sugar signaling in the developing of plant stress tolerance,including heat,cold,drought,salt,and heavy metal stress tolerance was discussed. In addition,the future research direction of H2S signaling in the field of plant biology was prospected.