Abstract: Mink is the most important fur animal, but its genetic breeding research progress is slower than other livestock. Developed countries, especially Denmark, have only carried out the traditional selection breeding based on the pedigree information, but have not completed the whole genome selection breeding. China has the largest amount of mink breeding, so selective breeding is of great significances for accelerating genetic progress, improving production efficiency and optimizing breed resource. This paper summarized the related research results of mink genetics and breeding at home and abroad, and summarized the introduction of mink, genetic mechanism of important economic traits, selective breeding and so on. The present situation of selective breeding for minks in China was analyzed, and the possibility of traditional selective breeding for minks, combined breeding for multiple mink farms and whole-genome selective breeding with commercial microchips in the future were discussed, in order to improve the productivity of mink population in China.