Abstract：During‘The Thirteenth Five-year Plan’period，significant progress has been achieved on
genetic breeding of Chinese cabbage〔Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis（Lour）Olsson〕in China．
A number of novel breeding materials with outstanding resistance to new epidemic diseases and composite
resistance has been obtained by widely applying techniques combining conventional breeding，markerassisted
breeding DH and high throughput MAS breeding in cabbage breeding programs．A batch of new
Chinese cabbage varieties with high taste quality and diversified product types has been released and applied
in production．In addition，the basic research for application in China has been in the international leading
level．This paper systematically summarized the important progress obtained on applied basic research，
breeding technique research，germplasm innovation and new variety selective breeding of Chinese cabbage
during 2016-2020．The paper also discussed and analyzed the changes in industry，existing problems and the
development direction in future．
