Abstract: Schisandra chinensis(Magnoliaceae) is a perennial deciduous woody liana with valuable medicinal materials in Heilongjiang Province. Schisandra chinensis grows in the north of China and is usually named:"northern S. chinensis". Therefore S. chinensis in Heilongjiang Province is a northern S. chinensis. It is of the best quality in medicinal S. chinensis in China and mainly distributes in mountains Xiao Xing An Ling, Wan Da Shan, Zhang Guang Cai Ling, Lao Ye Ling and a little in the south of Da Xing An Ling. Resources of S. chinensis in Heilongjiang Province are gradually reducing now. So at present the main task is to increase resource amount of S. chinensis. We found that it wealthily contains many kinds of nutrition and medicinal components. Pharmacological function of S. chinensis is mainly on liver, senescence, nervous system, cardiovascular system, and kidney. Now it has become a kind of important material in pharmaceutical, food and drink industries. Now it has been often utilized as primary juice of S. chinensis, fruit juice as well as jelly. Protection of wild resources of S. chinensis, construction of artificial cultivate base, improvement of production enterprise will promote inevitably fast increasing of S. chinensis, it also will promote the development of industry and increment of social economy at local level.

Key words: Schisandra chinensis, resources, exploitation and utilization, Heilongjiang Province