OBJECTIVE： To know the status quo of clinical pharmacy in main hospitals of Jiangsu province primarily， and to provide reference for promoting the construction of clinical pharmacist system and playing active role of clinical pharmacists on rational drug use and pharmaceustical care. METHODS： A mailed questionnaire investigation was conducted among 28 committee members （coming from 28 hospitals） of the Clinical Pharmacy Branch of the Medical Association in Jiangsu Province regarding the status quo of the clinical pharmacy practice， and the correlated data and results were summarized to statistical analysis. RESULTS： A total of 28 questionnaires were distributed and 28 valid questionnaires were collected， with recovery rate of 100％. Among 28 hospitals， there were 25 general hospitals and 26 third grade class A hospitals. There were 312 full-time and part-time clinical pharmacists； there were 7.32 full-time clinical pharmacists and 3.82 part-time clinical pharmacists in each visited hospital； the proportion of full-time clinical pharmacists with master’s degree and intermediate title was significantly higher than that of part-time clinical pharmacists （P＜0.05）. There were 144 full-time clinical pharmacists who had been trained to obtain clinical pharmacists qualifications （70.24％）.  In 13 hospitals with the qualification of clinical pharmacist training base of National Health and Family Planning Commission （NHFPC）， the average number of teachers was 3.77； in 5 hospitals with the qualification of provincial clinical pharmacist training base， the average number of teachers was 5.80； in a hospital with the qualification of clinical pharmacist training base of NHFPC， the number of teachers was 5. The surveyed hospital had the highest proportion of clinical pharmacy related work to participate in daily physician rounds， doctor’s advice and prescription review， special review of antibiotics， drug record writing， pharmaceutical information service， outpatient drug consultation and ADR monitoring， all being 100％. Expert consultation clinic occupied the lowest proportion of clinical pharmacy work （10.71％）. Setting up pharmacy for operation and anaesthesia department （28.57％）， community pharmaceutical care （57.14％）， pharmacogenomic testing （46.43％） and participating in the management of drug clinical trials （53.57％） occupied the lower proportion of clinical pharmacy related work. The proportion of clinical pharmacy work in training base hospital was higher than that non-training base hospital. Compared to surveyed hospitals， there was statistical significance in the proportion of special review for antineoplastic drugs， hormone drugs and blood products， expert consultation， setting up pharmacy for operation and anaesthesia department， community pharmaceutical care， pharmacogenomic testing and participating in the management of drug clinical trials in provincial clinical pharmacist training base（P＜0.05）. There was statistical significance in the number of specialist consultation， case analysis， inpatient injection medical orders， check pharmacy intravenous admixture medical orders and checked outpatient prescriptions， varieties and number of monitored therapeutic drugs as well as case number of pharmacogenomic testing（P＜0.05）. CONCLUSIONS： It is suggested to strengthen the construction of clinical pharmacist team in third grade class A hospital in Jiangsu province， accelerate the transition of part-time clinical pharmacists， at the same time， further improve the development of clinical pharmacy related work.