Abstract: Chinese gallnut is produced and processed mainly in our country. Gallnut output accounts for 95% of the world total output. At present, the processing and utilization industry of gallnut has established relatively mature utilization technology of the whole industrial chain of gallnut, including high efficient breeding, deep processing, new products and their applications. In this paper, the function and distribution of gallnut in China, development overview of gallnut processing and utilization industry, standards of products and their test methods are introduced. The problems of the development of the industry are pointed out. The development status and future industrial development trend is analyzed.