Abstract: Objective Burn rehabilitation medicine in China has made great progress in recent years. This article reviews the development history of burn rehabilitation medicine in China from three stages of the initial period, the starting stage, and the development period by looking back to the history. Besides, the article is written according to the milestone events in the development of burn rehabilitation medicine, such as article publishing, guideline making, monograph publication, establishment of rehabilitation association, rehabilitation conference holding. By summarizing successful experience in the past and analyzing the challenge we face, the authors wish all the colleagues committed to burn prevention and treatment work together to make the burn rehabilitation medicine in China better in the future.