Abstract: OBJECTIVE To better understand and perform the new version of Chinese Pharmacopoeia, the new applications of characteristic chromatograms or fingerprint are reviewed in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 Edition) Volume Ⅰ. METHODS The different determination methods and different evaluation models of the traditional Chinese medicine(TMC) fingerprint technologies and some applications in the quality standard of TCM were introduced. Meanwhile, some examples were given. RESULTS Because of applications of the characteristic chromatograms and the fingerprint technology, the integrated quality control of TCM was increased in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 Edition) Volume Ⅰ. CONCLUSION the applications of characteristic chromatograms and the fingerprint technologies in the quality standard of TMC have improved the research ideas, methods and models for the quality standard of TCM complex system. And it is also the development trend of the overall quality control of TCM in the future.