RESUMO
Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory diseases in children. Within the recent decades, prevalence of childhood asthma has increased gradually in China,but the clinical control level is out of expectation. How to use the anti-inflammatory drugs correctly plays a key role in the long-term management of childhood asthma, which directly affects the outcome of disease. Epidemiological survey in China showed that there was a coexistence of in-sufficient controllers use and excessive controllers use in the management of childhood asthma in China. Now,the opti-mal selection of medications,dosage,course of treatment,safety,compliance and other concerns needing attention in the management of childhood asthma,were described based on the current research progress in the treatment of children with controllers,and current status of long-term asthma control in practice.