OBJECTIVE:To provide the basis for the revision of appendices of volume Ⅰ and Ⅱ of Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2005 edition).METHODS:The general standards of preparations and the examinational methods in the appendices of volume Ⅰ and Ⅱ of Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2005 edition) were compared and analyzed in order to find out the problems.RESULTS:Volume Ⅰ was different from volume Ⅱ in the respect of numbers,ordering,subtypes,examinational items of preparations and the kinds,contents of examinational methods.In addition,the specification,the consistency of standard and the advancement of technological level were not in line with the standards.CONCLUSION:The appendices of volume Ⅰ and Ⅱ of Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2005 edition) should be revised.