Abstract:Stem cells possess two special properties:self-renewal and potency of multiple differentiations.With in-depth study, stem cell research has been one of the most notable research items in life science, has made a considerable contribution to the basic research and given a bright future to regenerative medicine.However, due to the difference in countries, nations, religious beliefs and political parties, the development level of stem cell research is not equal in various regions.Recently, the US President Obama declared that the Federal Government would support human embryonic stem cell research, which will be bound to have deep and far impact on the development pattern of the stem cell research in the world.China has been always supportive to the stem cell and therapeutic cloning research, and has made some results of original to a certain extent.Faced with the new research pattern, we should establish appropriate countermeasures and continue promoting the stem cell research in China, and accelerate the application of stem cells to the field of industrialization.