Abstract:China is a great power in pig raising.A lot of porcine fat and lard were yeilded because of live pig slaughtering.The lard had not be utilizated adequately for the advantages ,which was usually be neglected for the disadvantages and the unavailability of lard.The development and utilization of lard were discussed in the components and propert of lard application and processing.The research progress of lard liquefaction was emphatically introduced in the article.