-Laves-phase precipitation and coarsening of tungsten strengthened 9% Cr steel under thermal aging at 923K up to 8000 h was reported in this paper, where the information of the evolution of mean particle size, the number density, the volume fraction of Laves-phase precipitates and the partition coefficients of W and Mo in the matrix over the aging time were determined. The change of hardness over time was also measured. The main results of this investigation were: 1) Laves-phase nucleates and grows rapidly on grain boundaries and lath boundaries within the first 1,500 h of aging time; 2) the coarsening of Laves-phase is much faster than that of M 23 C 6 carbides, meanwhile it demonstrates the two stages characteristics and kinetics of Laves-phase nucleation and growth which were determined experimentally; 3)The precipitation of Laves-phase produces a pronounced matrix depletion of W and Mo atoms; and 4) The precipitated Laves-phase gives rise to weaker precipitation strengthening in comparison with M 23 C 6 carbides, and causes the loss of hardenss and creep strength due to the Corresponding author. Tel.: +86 13554693820; fax: +86 02768772253. E-mail address: wxue2011@whu.edu.cn (Xue Wang) 2 depletion of Mo and W from the solid solution. This paper contributes to the knowledge of kinetics of Laves-phase precipitation and coarsening, as well as understanding the creep damage broadly.