OBJECTIVE： To discuss the current situation of drug recall in China， and to put forward suggestions. METHODS： Taking “drug recall” as keyword， retrieved from China Food and Drug Administration’s websites and 32 provincial food and drug administration official website， general information of drug recall were collected from Apr. 2007 to Apr. 2015 in respects of quantity， cause， level and method， province， and then analyzed statistically by using Excel. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS： 108 pieces of complete and effective drug recall information were collected， among which 97 domestic drugs （89.81％） and 11 imported drugs （10.19％） were recalled. The reasons for recall included not conforming to drug standard inspection items， ADR， counterfeit drug， illegal addition of other components， etc.， among the former 2 reasons involved 37 drugs （34.25％） and 33 drugs （30.56％）. The level of drug recall was divided into first level， second level and third level； a total of 47 drugs were labeled with the level of drug recall （43.51％）， among which there was 42 drugs labeled with first level of drug recall （89.36％）. The recall way included active recall and mandatory recall， among which 42 domestic drugs were recalled actively （43.3％） and 55 recalled mandatorily （56.7％）. 19 provinces and cities of drug manufacturers were involved， and top 5 were Heilongjiang （27 manufacturers）， Zhejiang （12 manufacturers）， Guangdong （10 manufacturers）， Shanghai （8 manufacturers） and Jilin/Jiangsu （7 manufacturers）. Moreover， drug recall problems also included recall reasons not uniform， recall level not labeled， etc. Therefore， it is necessary to establish drug recall management and support system gradually， standardize drug recall information management， improve drug quality announcement and ADR monitoring and reporting system， establish effective recall information communication and feedback mechanism， evaluation system，  implementation guideline， drug recall compensation system， etc.， so as to promote the drug recall management system more scientific， standard and efficient.