OBJECTIVE： To establish the quality standard for Embelia laeta. METHODS： TLC was adopted for the qualitative identification. HPLC was adopted for the content determination of embelin： the column was Waters C18 with mobile phase consisted of methanol-5％ methanoic acid （90 ∶ 10，V/V） at a flow rate of 0.9 ml/min， the detection wavelength was 288 nm， the column temperature was 40 ℃，nd the injection volume was 10 μl. RESULTS： The TLC of E. laeta showed clear spots and good separation. The linear range of embelin was 4.012-40.12 μg/ml （r＝0.999 4）； RSDs of precision， stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 2％； recovery was 96.54％-99.57％（RSD＝1.20％，n＝6）. CONCLUSIONS： The established standard can be used for the quality control of E. laeta.