OBJECTIVE： To provide reference for the research and formulation of public health policies for children in the rural area. METHODS： Questionnaire survey was designed to investigate the drug use of children in the township area of Fujian province using parents of children as subjects. RESULTS： Totally 986 questionnaires were sent out，and 969 were effectively received with effective rate of 98.28％.The education level of the respondents was low，that junior school education or below accounted for 54.49％；the respondents having trouble or difficulty in giving child drugs accounted for 97.85％；the frequency of choice for children who didn’t cooperate with medication due to the taste or dosage was 17.91％；17.91％ thought that “there was not enough child-specific medication or varieties”；17.71％ “didn’t know the accurate dosage”；when children suffer from common diseases，the majority of respondents would choose town clinics， accounting for 42.83％. Before giving the child drugs for the first time， 50.26％ of respondents would read the instruction；16.49％ of respondents couldn’t understand the instruction；37.67％ of respondents “would take the initiative to understand children’s medication knowledge”，22.19％ “wanted to know but did not have the channel”，and 36.12％ “would read when had opportunity”. 28.48％ “knew the difference of age and body mass in children’s medication”，but 52.73％ “only had some understanding”. 39.64％ wanted to get the medication education from doctors，while 33.77％ from pharmacist. Higher education held higher proportion on attention of children’s medicine information， the extent of understanding children medication difference and the habit of reading drug instructions（P＜0.001）. CONCLUSIONS： Respondents in the township have much trouble or difficulty in giving children drugs， children medication information is inadequate and inaccurate in package inserts，there are many shortcomings in pharmaceutical care ability of township medical institutions， education and propaganda of rational drug use in children.