Abstract: Forage, including crops for silage and hay, has been widely cultivated as livestock feed.Forage production, mostly restricted to varieties, has been an important element in the development of animal husbandry.Forage breeding, as the core method and measure, greatly influenced the forage production and the development of animal husbandry in China.In China today, the improvement and breeding of forage varieties has become more and more important because policy concerning the planting pattern transition from grain crops to feed crops is promoted and implemented.In this paper, we described the history and the problem of forage breeding in China.We also compared the advantage and disadvantage of forage breeding in China with those in the developed countries.We finally introduced the germplasm resources, breeding methods and new varieties breeding; and put forward some suggestions on germplasm resources collection and breeding methods innovation.