This paper discusses the strategy significance and urgency of the development of civil helicopter on the basis of the present development of helicopter in the world, and especially in connection with China´s actual condition. Owing to its high tech content and unique flight ability, helicopter is playing a more and more important role in the construction of national economy, and becoming a new economic increase point. This paper analyzes the relationship of supplementing each other between the military helicopter industry and the civil heli-copter industry, and looks back the development road of tens of years of helicopter in China, also forecasts the development tendency of helicopter, and presents the development plan of the civil helicopter industry on the existing foundation. The policy suggestion is also put forward on the development of the civil helicopter for the future.