Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs), as the latest theoretical development of second language (L2) motivation research, warrant more empirical investigations. In light of this, the present paper reports the results of a questionnaire survey on the features of DMCs among 245 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learners at a technological university in China. The collected data were analysed by descriptive means and Independent T-test. The results show that most of the participants ever experienced DMCs in their English learning. Their experiences of DMCs mainly occurred in classroom settings. They reported a high level of DMCs and showed a strong willingness to experience them again. In addition, English majors were significantly different from non-English majors in some aspects of their DMCs. The findings of this study will be pedagogically implicative for maintaining L2 motivation among EFL learners in China and other similar contexts.