Pharmaceutical education in China has evolved from the stages of scale expansion to quality improvement.In order to improve the quality and provide guidance for pharmaceutical education,the Ministry of Education has successively established several pharmaceutical education steering committees.The establishment and development of these committees are closely related to the current development of pharmaceutical education and industry in China.They have prompted the development of pharmaceutical education by providing guidance on related theories,policies,experience and information.This article is to present the establishment,development,current status and memberships of pharmaceutical education steering committees in China.