ThebreedinghistoryandcommercialexploitationofjaponicahybridriceinAnhuiProvince,Chinaoverthelastthreedecadeswerereviewed.Besides,thebottleneckproblemsrestrictingthedevelopmentofjaponicahybridriceinChinaweresummarized,andcorrespondingtechnologicalcountermeasureswereproposed.