(Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081) Abstract: 450 accessions of adzuki bean germplasm were accessed by bean paste indictors, to provide information for breeding new varieties specially used for bean paste production. The results showed that the rates of paste production and seed coat, color, and cell characters of starch varied greatly among different germplasm. The rate of paste production varied from 1.97~3.51 with an average of 2.51. The rate of seed coat varied from 7%-21% with a mean value of 9%. The light intensity L varied from 9.48-34.38 with an average of 29.6. And intensity values of rRed and yellow densities varied from 16.56~34.27 and-1.71~17.86, with average values of 21.5 and 11.8, respectively. A fairly There are also diverse values on the sizes of starch cell, especially the thickness of cell wall. These results indicated the difference among varieties on bean paste production. Based on those indictors, 20 adzuki bean germplasm that suitable for bean paste production were determined and they will play important role in breeding new varieties for paste production.