Objective To explore the characteristics and influencing factors of unintentional burns among school-aged children in rural Zunyi,and to provide a basis evidence for the prevention strategies. Methods A total of 465 children from 2 primary schools and 1 middle school were recruited into this study by using a multi-stage cluster sampling method in Zunyi city,the status of burns in one recent year were surveyed with a self-designed questionnaire.The relative factors of burn injury were analyzed by univariate and multivariate unconditional logistic regression. Results Following facts were discovered:the incidence of burns in school-aged children was 8.82%; 36.6% of the burn injuries was caused by hot liquid (including hot water and hot oil);Burn injury mainly occurred in the palms/arms (53.7%);Home was the place that most of burn injury (75.6%) took place;And occurred mainly in the summer (46.3%).Data from the multivariate unconditional Logistic regression showed that the risk of occurrence of burns,boys were higher than those of girls(OR=5.38),being the single child (OR=11.05),left-behind children (OR=8.61).While good performance record (OR=0.45) and the knowledge of treatment of burns master well (OR=0.83) were protective factors on burn injury. Conclusions The incidence of burns of school-aged children in rural areas of Zunyi is still high,it should be strengthened that the popularization of knowledge of burns,and pay more attention to left-behind children so as to reduce the incidence of burns in school-age children.