Cannabis sativa has a long history of medication,which is often medicated with seeds.Moreover,cannabidiol (CBD),the active ingredient extracted from the flowers and leaves of industrial hemp,has high medicinal value.With the acceptance of CBD by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2017 and being in the intational list as a non-controlled substance,the intational strict policy on industrial hemp has been slowly liberalized.It has been proved that the industrial hemp has great economic value and application potential in many aspects.In order to make better use of the unique efficacy of industrial hemp,the definition of industrial hemp and its current laws in the domestic and overseas are systematically studied and summarized in this paper.At the same time,the research status of hemp seed oil and hemp leaves extractive in cosmetics is expounded,which is helpful to the comprehensive development and application of industrial hemp.