Chemical fingerprint technology is one of the most important parts of quality evaluation system for Chinese ethnomedinins,which development has close relationships with quality control,safety and effectiveness of ethnomedinins.In the present study,many analysis technologies such as TCL,HPLC,GC,IR,UV,Raman spectra,XRD and NMR have been widely used in the quality control on ethnomedinins.In this review,the current status and progress in the applications of chemical fingerprint in the studies of species identification,productions region decimation and quality evaluation of ethnomedinins made by both domestic and foreign scholars have been summarized.This review may provide references for the resources evaluation,quality control and innovation and development of Chinese ethnomedinins.