Discrete choice experiment（DCE） is increasingly advocated as a way to quantify crowd preferences. Many foreign countries have already applied this method in the field of health and have achieved fruitful results. In recent years， Chinese health system has also begun to focus on the application of this method. A small number of empirical studies mainly focus on measuring the work preference of medical staff and patients’ preference for medical treatment. The aim of this study was to summarize the health?related research and provide a description of trends， current practice and future challenges， in order to provide suggestions for future research in China.