Abstract: With the aim to detect the production status and cultivar succession of wheat in Shandong Province, in this study, cultivars, total yield and cultivated area of wheat in Shandong coastal regions with 29 counties belonging to 6 cities from 1975 to 2010 were surveyed. The results showed that, cultivated area of wheat increased gradually from 1980 to 2000 and then slightly decreased, while total yield of wheat increased continuously from 1975 to 2000 and then tended to be stable. Besides, cultivar succession of wheat was characterized by high yield cultivars (with total yield ? 105 t) with small number but high yield ration. In conclusion, the higher increase in grain yield compared with the decrease in cultivated area contributes to the stability in total yield of wheat, facilitating the food security of China, and the high yield cultivars play an important role in both the development of wheat industry in Shandong province and the enrichment for wheat germplasm resources of China.