Abstract:This paper reports on the advances of phytochcmistry of medicinal plants, perfume plants and other resource plants in Yunnan. The research work was done by Department of Phytochemistry and. Plant Physiology, Kunming Insti-tute of Botany, Academia Sinica during 1982-1987. The introduction are listed according to the types of compounds which are monoterpene, volatile constituent, sesquiterpen, diterpene, triterpene, steroidal saponin ( C21 and C27-steroid), alkaloid, phenol, and protein etc.