Abstract: To obtain medicinal components and protect the wild resource of Glycyrrhiza uralensis, two Agrobacterium rhizogenes ATCC15834 and A4 were used to induce the hairy root from cotyledons, hypocotyls and seedlings of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. Hairy root was obtained successfully and the system of hairy root induction was established. There were about 248 bp-rolA gene and 490 bp-rolC detected from the hairy-root by PCR and capillary gel electrophoresis which indicated that the gene segments of Agrobacterium rhizogenes had been integrated and expressed in hairy root of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. The hairy root induction rate was 79.5% by needle stabbing. The hairy roots grew faster and with much more branches in 1/2MS medium. When cultured for 25 days, the average fresh weight growth rate was 19.13 times. Establishment of hairy root culture system of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch provided a foundation for the industrial production of active drug component in bioreactors.