【Objective】 The ability of child health services in primary health institutions in China. 【Method】 To understand the basic station of staff and facilities and equipment,the knowledge and satisfaction of staff were understood by the survey,questionnaires and observation. 【Results】 1)There were many facilities and equipment,but some of the equipment failed to meet the requirements,dilapidated,idle unused.2)Part-time staff for child in the primary health service was 48%,junior was 68%,secondary and below was 42%,88.5% of full-time child care staff was the non-prevention medicine.3)The correct rate of primary child health services staff's knowledge was 65.7%,the knowledge of urban community health services staff was higher than the township's,the difference was statistically significant (t=2.64,P=0.01).Overall satisfaction was 58.9%.They were not satisfied with the wages and work load.4)They all carried out the basic public health services,but they didn't fully meet the requirements. 【Conclusions】 The unreasonable device configuration,the lack of staff,staff lack of knowledge and skills and low satisfaction limit the development of child health services capacity,some measures should be taken to improve the capacity of primary child health service,such as increasing staffing,training and reasonable equipment purchase and so on.