OBJECTIVE:To discuss about the spot break for promoting technical skipping in pharmaceutical industry of China.METHODS:Based on imbalance of technical development,matrix of technical change skipping and cluster of innovation,the necessity and possibility of the spot break for promoting technical skipping in pharmaceutical industry of China were discussed.RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:Because the spot or part break is the normal model for promoting technical skipping in history of technical change and innovation,so if pharmaceutical industry of China wants to get technical skipping,we have to promote the spot break.In the end of this paper,the suggestions how to get spot breaks in the skipping of pharmaceutical technical change and innovation in China are put forward.