OBJECTIVE:To investigate the current abroad market state of the cephalosporin and its trend of develop?ment.METHODS:The cephalosporin abroad was analyzed in aspects of general sales situation,products structure,research and development,and the manufacture situation.RESULTS&CONCLUSION:The sales volume of the cephalosporin abroad has been decreasing annually,its predominance position over the other antibiotics has been losing.The future development&re?search trend of antibiotics is broad-spectrum,high-effective slow-released oral preparations.