Abstract: With continuous improvement of planting technology, facility agriculture has stepped onto historical stage, and high-end planting greenhouses have begun to be equipped with greenhouse intelligent control systems to automatically regulate greenhouse environment．Relevant research on greenhouse intelligent control systems in China has gradually matured with progress of scientific technology and control theory．Development of intelligent control systems for greenhouses was briefly described, research related to greenhouse intelligence in China was summarized, and problems and prospects of intelligent control research were proposed based on actual situation of domestic greenhouse industry．