自1949年中华人民共和国建立以来，中国的天然橡胶获得了迅速的发展。到1998年橡胶种植面积达到60×10⁴hm²，是1949前的215倍；产量达到45×10⁴t，是以前的2 250倍。致使中国成为世界天然橡胶的主要产胶国之一，植胶面积为世界第四位，产量为第五位。

我国加人世界贸易组织后，低价的天然橡胶将很快进入我国市场，冲击我国的天然橡胶业，我们必须清醒 地了解我们现在所处的地位和情况及时采取对策。文中提出了我国天然橡胶今后的发展战略。

It was only since the founding of the People´s Republic of China in 1949 that China endeavored to expand its natural rubber industry. By 1998, the area under rubber had increased to 600, 000 ha, which was 214 times larger than that in the pre - 1949 period. Production registered an increase of 2250 times this period, the production in 1998 was 450 000 t. This made China one of the major natural rubber producing contries in the world, area ranking fourth and production ranking fifth among the NR producers

After joining WTO, the low - priced natural rubber will rush Chinese rubber market, which will bring pinch to Chinese natural rubber industry. For this reason, a clear understanding of the situation should be kept in mind and measures should be taken in advance. In this article, some suggestions for natural rubber development in China are proposed.