Stroke is characterized by a high incidence and disability rate. There are approximately 2 million new stroke patients in China each year, and 70% to 80% of them are unable to live independently because of their disability. Evidence-based medicine confirms that stroke rehabilitation is the most effective way to reduce the disability rate and is a key component of the organized stroke management model. Modern rehabilitation theory and practice have demonstrated that effective rehabilitation can reduce functional disability, improve patient satisfaction, accelerate the stroke rehabilitation process, reduce potential care costs, and save social resources. Modern rehabilitation medicine in China started late, beginning in the early 1980s. Although it has developed faster in recent years, there is still a big gap compared with western countries due to economic and social reasons in China. In the past decade, China has invested more in the construction of rehabilitation medicine disciplines and rehabilitation medical system. The national “Ninth Five-Year Plan” and “Tenth Five-Year Plan The completion of the national “Ninth Five-Year” and “Tenth Five-Year” scientific and technological research projects related to stroke rehabilitation has laid the foundation for the popularization and promotion of stroke rehabilitation, which has greatly promoted the development of stroke rehabilitation medicine in China. With the development of modern science and technology and neuroscience, experts in the field of stroke rehabilitation at home and abroad have conducted in-depth research on stroke rehabilitation mechanisms, medical management and rehabilitation concepts, and new techniques of rehabilitation treatment, and have made many new achievements. Meanwhile, more and more experts at home and abroad are choosing the evaluation methods and rehabilitation means for stroke from the perspective of evidence-based medicine. In Scotland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and other countries, stroke rehabilitation guidelines have been published to guide stroke rehabilitation treatment in their regions. The most important purpose of developing rehabilitation guidelines is to provide a scientific evidence base for the implementation and evaluation of rehabilitation treatment, to standardize the treatment behavior of stroke rehabilitation, to help health care providers follow treatment protocols supported by evidence-based medicine, to improve the efficacy of rehabilitation, to maximize functional improvement and maximize self-care, and to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Clinical practice guidelines can determine the effectiveness of new technologies and research, and rationalize the allocation of treatment resources. On a practice basis, new evidence will emerge as more data and evaluation results are collected.