Fusarium wilt is one of the important diseases in common bean production in China. This article reviews the progress on classification of the pathogen causing Fusarium wilt and its infection cycle, control measures, germplasm resource identification and the genetic analysis for resistance. However, the understanding on Fusarium wilt is largely limited. For example, the resistance germplasm resource and genetic genes are scarce, and the molecular mechanism of genetic resistance is blank. To achieve the resistance breeding against Fusarium wilt, there is a demand to identify the resistance germplasm resource, explore the resistance genes or allelic variants, as well as decipher the molecular mechanism of genetic resistance in common bean.