A molecularly imprinted polymer for cefotaxime(CTX-MIP) was synthesized by the molecular imprinting technique using cefotaxime(CTX) as template molecule,α-methacrylic acid(MAA) as functional monomer,ethylene glycol dimethacrylate(EGDMA) as cross linking agent.By using the cefotaxime molecularly imprinted polymer as sorbent in solid-phase extraction column,a molecularly imprinted solid phase extraction-capillary electrophoresis(MISPE-HPCE) method was developed for the determination of cefotaxime residue in milk.The results showed that cefotaxime imprinted polymer exhibited a higher selectivity to cefotaxime compared with that of the non imprinted polymer.The linear range of cefotaxime was in the range of 0.5-100 mg/L,and the correlation coefficient was 0.999 4.The recoveries at three spiked concentration levels of 10,50,100 mg/L were 78%,84% and 86%,respectively,with RSDs of 3.5%-4.5%.The limit of detection(LOD,S/N≥3) and the limit of quantitation(LOQ,S/N≥10) were 98.52 μg/L and 329.0 μg/L,respectively.The method could meet the requirements for veterinary drug residue analysis.