Abstract: Microsphere as a drug delivery system with broad prospect for development and application has always been a research focus in pharmaceutics for its. Though literature survey of related papers published in domestic and foreign journals by Chinese authors in 2016, the research advances of materials of microspheres, which can be divided into natural polymer materials, synthetic polymer materials and inorganic materials, were summarized. Microsphere products at home and abroad were also analyzed. This review will provide some reference for correlative researchers.