Abstract: At present, conventional breeding methods were given much attention in China in the field of maize breeding.On the basis of that,some assisted breeding methods were also adopted to marry up those conventional methods so as to speed up the process of maize breeding.However, due to various kinds of limiting factors, the development of maize breeding was not able to be promoted effectively.In this paper,the maize breeding methods in recent years were compared comprehensively.The parthenogenesis technique had broad prospect in the research and development of maize breeding. The strain of breed obtained by using this technique was characterized by high purity,stable inheritance,good combining ability and strong heterosis etc.At the mean time,with simple operation this technique was also beneficial for shortening breeding period,improving the breeding efficiency and fixing the heterosis.