本文介绍了中药生产的工艺流程和主要生产环节的特点，并对这些主要环节的自动化控制技术研究进行了综述。

The traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) is a classic industry in China. With the development of life science and the increasing demand of natural medicines, TCM will become a worldwide hot spot in the pharmaceutical field. Although China has abundant resources and many TCM manufacturers, we have to go a long way to catch up with the international technical level in terms of equipment, quality control and automatic control. This paper reviews the production process of TCM, the characteristics of different production procedures and the automation control techniques for traditional Chinese medicines production.

科学技术部国家“十一五”科技支撑计划项目子课题（2006BAI06A08）：中药提取浓缩干燥成套装备及自动化控制技术研究，负责人：陈勇。