The invention discloses a method for extracting events from news. The method comprises the steps that summary information in the news is extracted to serve as affiliated events, news text is subjectedto numeric conversion to obtain vector representation of the text, the degree of similarity of the news is calculated by means of a clustering method, and on the basis of the degree of similarity, the news is classified rapidly according to the affiliated events; the news belonging to the same event can be clustered together easily and effectively, new heat of the news is obtained, and subsequentpublic opinion monitoring is facilitated. By means of the method, mass news information can be classified easily, rapidly and effectively, guidance is provided for public opinion analysis, the monitoring strength of public opinions is further improved, and decision support and public opinion guidance can be made in time.