OBJECTIVE：To establish a high-value patent evaluation index system that can reflect the characteristics of Chinese patent medicine. METHODS ：Based on the common characteristics of Chinese medicine patents that won the China Patent Award during 2013-2016，combined with the general principles and consensus of high-value patent evaluation ，the framework of high-value patent evaluation index system of Chinese patent medicine was established preliminarily. Taking Beijing Hexiang Intelligent Technology Co. ，Ltd. database as the data source ，this paper analyzed the content of authorized patents of Chinese patent medicine in class a medical insurance from 1985 to 2019. After the specific dimension and indexes were formulated ，the content was adjusted by questionnaire survey and expert consultation. High-value patent evaluation system was constructed ，and the empirical study was carried out by using 67 low-value patents and 37 high-value patents which won the Chinese Patent Award during 2017-2019 as samples. RESULTS ：The evaluation index system of high-value patent of Chinese patent medicine consisted of four dimensions as law ，market，technology and content. Four dimensions consisted of 4 indexes [patent maintenance period （7.5， weight of each index in brackets ，the same below ），number of patent requirements （6.5），type of patent （7.0），reason for invalidation of authorized patent （5.5）]，5 indexes [patent transfer status （5.5），patent licensing status （5.5），patent pledge status （5.0），number of patents of the same family （5.5），patent litigation （5.0）]，6 indexes [citation times （5.5），number of references （4.5），number of pages for drug instruction （4.0），number of international classification code （4.0），number of co-applicants （4.0），number of reference documents （4.0）]，31 indexes [such as property （0.6），contraindications（0.6），side effects （0.6）and so on ，total weight of 21.0]. In the empirical study ，the recall rate and accuracy rate of the high-value patent evaluation index system established for Chinese patent medicine is 100％ and 91.3％ respectively. CONCLUSIONS ：The patent evaluation index system established in this study can be used for effectively mining the high-value patent of Chinese patent medicine.