This paper gives a summarization and review on geochemical gold prospe-cting work in1978-1987 organized by Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resour-ces. Using geochemical prospecting method the Ministry. has discovered in thepast ten years 272 gold occurrences,. of which 62 are proved to be industrialgold deposits. The main experience gained is as follows: (1)Every effort shouldbe made to use trace gold as the indicator element in gold prospecting; (2)in geochemical gold prospecting work, one should stick to the principle of "carrying out the work on a regional scale and making breakthrouth at mostfavorable points"; (3) the choice of areas for geochemical gold recounaissanceshould be based on gold anomalies detected in1:200,000 regional geochemicalprospecting;(4) the on-the-spot trace gold analysis method ought to beadopted in follow-up for gold anomalies. Regarding the future developmenttrend of geochemical gold prospecting in China, the authors puts forward thefollowing views: (1) The compilation and study of regional geochemical mapsfor gold and related elements are expected to be accelerated; (2) the analy-tical method and technique for trace gold will be further developed, and it issuggested that an on-the-spot analytical method and technique for simultane-ous determination of Au, Ag and As should be worked out; (3) the study ofrepresentativeness in geochemical gold sampling wil1 be put on the agenda;(4) the study and follow-up for gold anomalies will be extensively carriedout; and (5) important advances will be made in the research of geocbemicalgold prospecting in thick overburden areas.