As one of the earliest provinces in our country to develop jute(Corchorus capsularis)planting,Zhejiang has preserved abundant local jute resources.In order to fully gain knowledge about the phenotypic genetic diversi-ty of these local resources,48 jute germplasms from Zhejiang Province were systematically investigated and ana-lyzed based on 23 yield and quality traits in a two-year field trial.The results revealed that there was great varia-tion among 48 Zhejiang jute resources.The diversity index of quality characters ranges from 0.17 to 1.12,and the coefficient of variation was 10.31%to 60.88%.The fruit shape,stem colour at late stage and seed coat colour rep-resented high values on genetic diversity.The diversity index of quantitative traits ranged from 1.56 to 2.03,and the coefficient of variation was 8.59%to 34.13%,high diversity showed in fibre fineness,fiber strength and dry bark ratio to fresh stem.The first three principal components were biomass factor,phloem fiber yield factor and fiber quality factor,which provided 74.381%information of original traits.It was divided into 3 groups by cluster analysis,among which,Group Ⅱ consist of seven resources such as Zhejingchangjia,Shuangcunhongqi and Ganyuanchang-guo showed comprehensive agronomic properties and could be developed and utilized directly or indirectly.