Abstract:The development of rice protoplast culture and its use in distant hybridization, cell fusion and gene transformation were reviewed for the last decade and the mediu, and culturalmethods for rice protoplast cuhurel were discussed. Great achievements have been obtainedin Japonica. Indica, Javanica and Wild Rice protoplast culture since 1985. Many varietiesand strains for protoplast culture have been selected. With the development of rice protoplast culture, It has been wildly used in somatic hybridization between rice and other plants (such as Soybean. Barnyard Grass. Wild Rice). Transgenetic plants have been obtained byintroducing foreign DNA into rice protoplast using PEG or Electroporation methods.