Abstract: Hemp (Cannabis sativa) fiber is one of the earliest textile fibers that human being make good use of. There is the largest hemp acreage of world in China, but the laggard degumming technical is restricting the improvement of the quality of hemp textiles. In recent years, many researchers carried out extensive studies on cannabic degumming methods. This paper summarized the research progress of degumming methods for hemp in recent years. Starting with the physical and chemical properties of hemp the main degumming methods for hemp were summarized as follows: natural water microbial degumming, chemical degumming, physical degumming, biological degumming, and the research progress and characteristics of these methods were also described. It was pointed out that the deguming method, in the future, will be a unite of a variety of means including pretreatment with physical methods adequately, combined with the treatment of microorganisms, biological enzymes, reduce the use of chemical methods, shorten the degumming time, improve the degumming efficiency, improve the effect and quality of hemp degumming, to achieve the purpose of environmental protection.