OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for the better development of internet pharmaceutical service of hospital pharmacists. METHODS： The questionnaire investigation was carried out on the cognition of pharmacists to internet pharmaceutical service in 9 third grade class A hospitals. The survey data were analyzed statistically. RESULTS： A total of 600 questionnaires were distributed and 527 questionnaires were collected with recovery rate of 87.8％. Among them， there were 499 valid questionnaires with effective rate of 94.7％. The most selected internet pharmaceutical service contents were medication consultation （94.4％） and medication education （91.6％）. 93.0％ considered that internet pharmaceutical service were worthy or very worthy of promotion. The most concerned issues about internet pharmaceutical service were technical problems （58.5％） and legal liability （55.9％）. 57.1％ of the surveyed pharmacists considered that they were totally or possibly capable of performing internet pharmaceutical care； 37.9％ didn’t get in touch with internet pharmaceutical care and were not clear about it. The most important qualifications of pharmacists who provided internet pharmaceutical service were rank of pharmacist’s title （67.9％） and working experience （67.7％）. It was considered that the most effective measures to ensure the quality of internet pharmaceutical care were regular pharmaceutical service training （74.3％） and proportionally sampling the quality of pharmaceutical service consultation （67.5％）. CONCLUSIONS： Internet pharmaceutical service may become a new direction of the development of pharmaceutical service under new medical reform. The development of internet pharmaceutical service requires perfect laws and regulations， and pharmacist team with high professional level.