OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for the revision of China National Formulary for Children and make a sample for Chinese medical institutions to formulate their own formulary. METHODS： The suggestions on formulary revision and the formulation of formulary in medical institutions were put forward through comparing the selection principle， catalogues， chapters， drug items， formulary quantity and coincident drugs of World Health Organization （WHO） Model Formulary for Children （2010 edition） （WMFc）， British National Formulary （Children edition） （2016-2017 edition） （BNFc）， Chinese National Formulary （Children edition） （2013 edition） （CNFc）. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS： The selection principle of WMFc was safe， effective and economical； that of BNFc was accurate and up-to-date， that of CNFc was safe， effective， economical and appropriate. The catalogues of three formularies included introduction， outline and separated section， but the contents or descriptions were different. For example， in separated section， WMFc was divided into 27 chapters， BNFc was divided into 16 chapters and CNFc was divided into 20 chapters. The chapters and catalogues of WMFc were classified according to ATC； those of BNFc were classified according to organ system and disease arrangement； those of CNFc were classified according to disease treatment system. 15 chapters of three formularies were the same， such as drug for nervous system diseases， drug for endocrine system and drug for respiratory system. The unique chapter of CNFc was “drugs for stomatological diseases”. The drug items of three formularies included drug name， indications， usage and dosage， contraindication， ADR， matters need attention， preparation and specifications， etc. Compared with CNFc， unique chapters of WMFc included ATC numbering， drug interaction， liver injury， etc.； those of BNFc included pharmacological action， interaction， allergy， etc. WMFc contained 271 drugs， CNFc 847 drugs and BNFc 955 drugs. Among them， there were 166 overlaps between WMFc and CNFc， 359 between BNFc and CNFc， 174 between WMFc and BNFc. There were 141 same drugs in the three formularies. When revising or formulating formulary， our country should not copy them mechanically， but should revise formulary according to our national conditions. It is necessary to refer to selection principles of WMFc and BNFc， update our children’s formulary in certain or real time， standardize drug access criteria of formulary， rationally increase the variety of drug and call on the relevant departments of the state to improve the standards for the formulation of drug instructions for children.