Abstract: As an important branch of inorganic salt industry，cyanide industry plays an important role in the development of China′s economy.Production,consumption，and technical development status of the main products，such as sodium cyanide and hydrocyanic acid，of cyanide industry in China were summarized.It was pointed out that China′s cyanide industry，especially for the sodium cyanide product，has already possessed a considerable strength and is able to compete with international corporations in terms of technology，equipment，production scale，and product quality.However，there is still a gap in some respects, such as industrial concentration，management standardization，and environmental pollution，compared with developed countries.Meanwhile，there were also some disadvantages,such as weak R & D on cyanide downstream products and derivatives less，product variety and low refinement etc..The development trend of China′s cyanide industry in the 12th Five-Year Plan and afterwards was discussed at last. 

Key words: sodium cyanide, hydrocyanic acid, forecast for development trend