OBJECTIVE：To provide re ference for scientific management and rational use of antibiotics. METHODS ：Provincial antibiotic classification management lists were retrieved from official websites of provincial health administrative departments ， CNKI and other search engines from Apr. 2012 to Mar. 2020. The difference and adjustment of those lists were analyzed descriptively. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS ： Since April 2012， 30 provinces released provincial antibiotic classification management lists ，among which only 10 provinces updated the lists. In the provincial classification management lists ，the list of Jiangsu included the most antibiotics （208 kinds），that of Xinjiang involved the least （101 kinds）. Among the 253 antibiotics included in the provincial lists ，134 antibiotics had two management levels ，and 19 antibiotics had three management levels. The 10 antibiotics with the most times of adjustment in the provincial lists mainly include nitimidazoles ，β-lautam compound preparations and quinolones. There was the phenomenon that the same antibiotics were simultaneously included or withdrawn from the lists ，and the grading management level was increased or decreased in the provincial adjustment. Provincial classification management lists updated slowly in China ，and the quantity and classification of drugs selected in the list were quite different. It is suggested that provincial health administrative departments should continuously optimizeand improve classification management list of antibiotics ， and form a long-term mechanism of dynamic adjustment of list and inter-provincial evidence sharing ，so as to promote the rational clinical use of antibiotics ，and curb bacterial resistance.