Prunus production,trade and competitiveness in China and the world has taken a new look since entering the 21st century.Here,China's Prunus production and development and China's Prunus industry competitiveness in the world trade were analyzed based on the data from FAO and related documents.The results indicated that,the harvest area and production of Prunus in the world were continuously increasing from 2000 to 2013,and the cultivation area and production of Prunus in China were ranked first in the world,but unit area yield of Prunus in China had a huge gap in comparing with that of Chile and Iran.Imports and exports of Prunus in the world and China kept a steady growth,however,the volume and amount of imports in China were much larger than those of exports.The index of normalized trade balance,the net export revealed comparative advantage index and the ratio of import and export price indicated that the level of Chinese Prunus export competitiveness was poor or even very poor.Aiming at the problems in Prunus production and trade,the countermeasures of improving Prunus production in China and strengthening its international competitiveness were discussed.