OBJECTIVE： To study the measures to improve the efficiency of pharmacists’ counseling education for patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS： Questionnaire about Acceptance of Patients to Diabetes Patients’ Education Provided by Pharmacists and Patient Diabetes Basic Knowledge Assessment Questionnaire were sent to the patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in the endocrine outpatient department of Chengdu Third People’s Hospital during Aug.-Sept. 2017. The acceptance of patient to education and basic diabetes knowledge of patient were investigated. After collecting questionnaires， the subjective tendencies and key needs of patients to patient education as well as patients’ diabetes knowledge were analyzed. Based on it， the contents of patient education were designed to improve the efficiency of patient education. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS： A total of 400 questionnaires were distributed， and 317 valid questionnaires were collected with effective recovery rate of 79.25％. The survey results of Questionnaire about Acceptance of Patients to Diabetes Patients’ Education Provided by Pharmacists showed that there were 127 patients （40.06％） willing to actively receive patient education provided by pharmacists； 101 patients （31.86％） were dispensable for pharmacists to provide patient education； 89 patients （28.08％） were unwilling to accept. For patients who were unwilling to accept， 35 patients （39.33％） would ask doctors if they encountered problems； 32 patients （35.96％） had received patient education from the doctor， and 25 patients （28.09％） thought there was no time to pay attention to patient education， and another 9 patients （10.11％） believed that pharmacists had limited ability and lacked of trust on them. The survey results of Patient Diabetes Basics Assessment Questionnaire showed that most patients scored between 60 and 70 points （out of 100 points）， indicating that patients had a significant lack of knowledge about diabetes. At the same time， “the understanding and prevention of hypoglycemia”， “the understanding of diabetes”， “the regular checks need for diabetes patients” obtained the lowest score； the pharmacists could adjust the key points of education according to the results. Through the patient’s investigation， it was found that patients with type 2 diabetes had a lack of understanding of diabetes， and the low degree of attention to their own diseases had become a common phenomenon. Therefore， the pharmacists should participate in this work. The survey also revealed the outstanding problems of diabetes knowledge in patients， and it is necessary to revise the content of patient education for pharmacist.