Abstract:Sweet cherry is a highly perishable fruit with a short storage time.Postharvest treatments applied to sweet cherries could help preserve the fruit quality and extend their shelf-life while reducing the growers’economic loss.Based on a review of the literature on the postharvest preservation of the sweet cherry fruit both home and abroad during the past five years，the effects of physical（low temperature，cold shock，modified/controlled atmosphere，irradiation，etc.），chemical（chlorine dioxide，ethanol，acetic acid，calcium chloride，1-methylcyclopropene，etc.）and biological（plant extracts，chitosan，essential oils，phenolic compounds，yeast，etc.）treatments were summarized，and the corresponding suggestions were put forward.These results could provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for the domestic cherry industry.