OBJECTIVE： To investigate the basic situation of pharmaceutical staffs and the development of pharmaceutical care in Chongqing primary health care institutions， and to provide references for promoting the development of pharmaceutical work in primary health care institutions. METHODS： A questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the basic situation of pharmaceutical staffs and the development of pharmaceutical care in primary health care institutions from 38 districts and counties of Chongqing， and the data was analyzed statistically to put forward suggestion. RESULTS： A total of 1 147 questionnaires about the general situation of primary health care institutions were sent out， and 813 valid questionnaires were collected， with effective recovery rate of 70.88％. A total of 1 972 questionnaires about the general situation of pharmaceutical staffs and the development of pharmaceutical care were sent out， and 1 904 valid questionnaires were collected， with effective recovery rate of 96.55％. The average number of pharmaceutical staffs in the community health service center was 4.5（2-14 persons）， that of pharmaceutical staffs in township hospitals was 2.5（0-12 persons）， accounting for 8.69％ and 8.17％ of professional medical staffs， respectively. Some of respondents were part-time nonprofessionals. The highest educational level of surveyed pharmaceutical staffs was college degree （51.79％）， followed by high school degree and secondary school degree （21.64％）. The professional titles were mostly assistant pharmacists （34.35％）， followed by pharmacists （30.04％）. Only 2.73％ of the licensed pharmacist certificates were obtained， and no one obtained the clinical pharmacist training certificate of National Health and Family Planning Commission. In community health service center and township hospital， the higher proportion of the job positions of the pharmacists were in outpatient pharmacy （79.67％ and 81.44％）， inpatient pharmacy （32.94％ and 56.57％）， TCM pharmacy （27.54％ and 40.85％） and warehouse （22.20％ and 24.05％）； the lower proportion of the job positions of the pharmacists were in clinical pharmacy room （1.40％ and 0）， laboratory （0.23％ and 0） and PIVAS （0.23％ and 0）. Top 6 pharmaceutical care projects carried out by the community health service center included drug dispensing （100％）， out-patient prescription comment （70.00％）， ADR monitoring （62.67％）， medication consultation （60.67％）， antibiotics prescription comment （58.00％）， medication education and medication guidance （50.00％）； pharmaceutical outpatient service， therapy drug monitoring and pharmacogenomics detection were not developed. The pharmaceutical care projects carried out by township hospital included drug dispensing （100％）， ADR monitoring （62.29％）， medication consultation （59.73％）， medication education and medication guidance （53.85％）， outpatient prescription comment （51.58％）， and antibiotics prescription comment （45.40％）； centralized intravenous pharmacy admixture and administration， pharmaceutical outpatient service， therapy drug monitoring and pharmacogenomics detection were not developed. CONCLUSIONS： The pharmaceutical talents are short in Chongqing primary health care institutions and part-time staffs also have a certain proportion. The overall quality of pharmaceutical staffs is not high， and their professional skills and capabilities are limited. The institutions do not pay enough attention to pharmaceutical care， and the development of pharmaceutical care is not ideal. To promote the development of pharmaceutical care， primary health care institutions should pay more attention to pharmaceutical care， increase the investment of funds in combination with the actual situation， optimize post setting， perfect the construction of institutions， and strengthen the introduction and training of pharmaceutical staffs so as to constantly improve their professional level and pharmaceutical care capabilities， and provide high-quality， safe， humanized and professional pharmaceutical care.