摘 要：从中药资源、资源普查、中药资源调查等名词的最新解释入手，对1949年以来我国进行的几次大规模的中药资源调查工作做了简要的说明，总结了历次中药资源调查的内容以及取得的主要成果等；并对将要开展的资源普查工作做了较为明晰的展望。

Abstract: In this article，the concepts of Chinese materia medica and the Chinese materia medica resource are described in detail．An explanation is also presented about the several surveys on Chinese materia medica resource in China since 1949，and the contents and characteristics of the surveys are summarized．Finally，the further work in the coming resource survey is prospected clearly．