Hospice care has become an important medical service measure for the national and local governments to cope with the aging population and meet people′s pursuit of high quality of life.Volunteer is an important member of the multidisciplinary hospice care team, and training is an important driving force to promote the long-term development of hospice care volunteer services.This paper introduces the training development, training content, training methods, training hours, training effect of hospice care vo-lunteers in domestic and overseas, and puts forward challenges and suggestions for the training of hospice care volunteers in China, so as to provide a reference for hospice care administrators and educators to establish scientific, professional, and standardized training programs for hospice care volunteers.