This paper reviews the damage of rapeseed pod shattering,the impor- tance of study on rapeseed pod shattering resistance and the advance of study on rapeseed pod shattering resistance.It also introduces the main rapeseed cytoplasm resources of pod shattering resistance in China.In this paper,the authors also suggest that it is necessary to understand the mechanism and genetics of rapeseed pod shattering resistance and to con- duct the genetic engineering of rapeseed pod shattering resistance in China.