OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the content determination of polymer in cefatrizine propylene glycol. METHODS: High performance sephadex gel chromatography was performed on the column of Sephadex G-10 with mobile phase A of 0.01 mol/L phosphate buffer [0.01 mol/L Disodium hydrogen phosphate solution-0.01 mol/L Sodium dihydrogen phosphate solution(61 ∶ 39,V/V)](pH7.0) and mobile phase B of water at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min, the detection wavelength was 254 nm, column temperature was 30 ℃, and volume injection was 200 μl. RESULTS: The linear range of polymer was 2.07-103.30 mg/ml(r=0.999 4); the limit of quantitation of 10.4 ng, limit of detection was 4.1 ng; RSDs of precision and reprodicibility tests were lower than 3%. CONCLUSIONS: The method is specific with high sensitivity and good reproducibility, and can be used for the content determination of polymer in active pharmacentical ingredient cefatrizine propylene glycol.