摘要中国于20世纪初开始了慢性咳嗽的发病机制、病因诊断与治疗方面的系统研究，取得了一系列成果；结合研究成果制订了中国《咳嗽的诊断与治疗指南》，并参与国际咳嗽指南的制订。通过指南的推广普及，国内慢性咳嗽的诊治水平有了显著的提高。展望未来，我们要加强慢性咳嗽的流行病学、慢性咳嗽的中枢调控、难治性慢性咳嗽的治疗等方面的研究，进一步在基层社区医院推广咳嗽指南。

abstractsGreat progress has been made in regard of mechanism, etiological diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough since the beginning of the 20th century, and Chinese guidelines of diagnosis, management of cough was developed. Moreover, Chinese experts also participated in the formulation of international cough guidelines. Through the promotion of the guidelines, the level of diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough has been significantly improved in China. In the future, we should strengthen the studies on the epidemiology of chronic cough, the central regulation of chronic cough, and the treatment of refractory chronic cough, and promote the cough guidelines in primary community hospitals.