Congenital cataract is a common eye disease which leads to children blind. Surgery is the main treatment. Because of its preoperative evaluation, surgery operation, postoperative management is more difficult and surgery is more ineffective than senile cataract. Therefore, increasing attention of cataract specialist and pediatric doctor is paid on it. We have to do a review of congenital cataract surgery relevant research in recent years to explore the problems and further developments in this area.