The achievements and prospect of alfalfa breeding in China were related in this paper.23 cultivars were bred,15 cultivars were introduced into china from abroad,3 wild strains were planted,and 19 local varieties were registered.The bred strains had the characteristic with cold,disease,salt and grazing,high-yielding,early maturing,etc.Mostly conventional breeding techniques at alfalfa breeding were adopted at home.Biotechnology application was relatively scarce.The mostly problems were a little breeding cultivars,slow process of fastness breeding,less raw materials,singleness and lag technology at alfalfa breeding.The paper put forward the effective approaches that narrowed alfalfa breeding process,and reduced disparities among home and abroad by improving alfalfa breeding methods,breeding special cultivars,intensifying the alfalfa germplasm resources protection and using.