The chemical constituents of the soponge Spongia officinalis collected from the South China Sea have been studied. This paper reports the isolation and identification of the eight sterols, i.e. , 1 22, 23-methylenecholesta-5, 7-dien-3B-ol, 2 cholesta-5, 7-dien-3B-ol, 3 cholesta-5,7,25-trien-3B-ol, 4 stigmasta-5-en-3B-ol, 5 stigmasta-7,16,25-trien-3p-ol, 6 stigmasta-5,7,22-trien-3B-ol, 7 ergosta-5,7-dien-3B-ol, 8(22-E)-ergosta-7,22-dien-3B-ol, by means of spectroscope and GC-MS methods.