宁夏位于我国东部季风区、西北干旱区和青藏高原区域的交汇地带,独特的地理环境和气候条件使这里的药用植物资源独具特色。1998年,自治区党政人民政府批准《宁夏中药现代化科技产业规划》;2000年4月,国家科学技术部批准宁夏为“国家中药现代化科技产业（宁夏）中药材基地”,极大地促进了该地区的中药材产业发展。本文综述了近6年来宁夏中药材产业发展现状并展望了发展前景。

The Ningxia Municipality locates at the cross zone the eastern monsoon zone, the northwestern arid zone and the Qingzang altiplano. Special geographical and weather condition make its resource of medicinal plant characteristic. In 1998, the committee of the Chinese Communist Party and the government of Ningxia Municipality authorized 《the Layout of Scientific and Technological Industry of Modernization of Chinese Medicine》, which was enacted by the Ningxia Science and Technology Hall.and in April,2000,the ministry of science and technology of China confirmed Ningxia as the Chinese medicinal materials base of the state scientific and technological industry of Modernization of Chinese Medicine, which accelerates the development of Chinese medicinal materials industry of that region greatly. This paper summarizes the current state of its development in Ningxia in the late six years and prospectes its future .