African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious disease.Since the first outbreak of African swine fever in China in August 2018,the disease has spread rapidly throughout the country,causing serious losses to the pig industry,food safety and upstream and downstream related industries,and posing a serious threat to the health of China's pig industry and related industries.This paper mainly summarizes the research progress and prevention and control strategies of African swine fever in order to provide theoretical basis and practical strategies for the prevention and control of African swine fever.