Abstract: The paper introduced the progress of herbage variety approval and registration in China, including the development and change of registration organization, establishment of standard system of herbage variety registration, establishment of national variety regional trial net, as well as herbage variety identification and registration. Since 1986, 434 varieties have been registered by the Chinese Herbage Variety Registration Board (CHVRB), including 138 introduced varieties, 86 domestic varieties, 161 bred varieties and 49 local varieties. Great progress has been achieved on the registration standards, the national herbage variety regional trial and the varieties approved. Meanwhile, the problems of herbage variety registration were discussed and some strategies and suggestions were presented.