Prepared dishes are convenient dishes made by standardized processing technology， which meet the needs of the current fast-paced， diversified and nutritious healthy lifestyle. This paper summarized the general situation of Chinese prepared dishes industry and the establishment of standards and norms， expounded its importance in the inheritance of Chinese traditional food culture， and put forward that research on key processing technologies， product subdivision and development， nutrition upgrading and creation， standardized production may become the sustainable development direction of this industry in the future.