Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic progressive disease that, if not treated promptly, can ultimately lead to right heart failure and even death In order to explore the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension and find more effective treatment methods, it is necessary to establish a suitable experimental model. In this paper, Pubmed, CNKI and other databases were used to search relevant literature, and the preparation methods and research progress of various experimental models of pulmonary arterial hypertension in recent years were summarized. The preparation methods of the models were classified to show the pathological characteristics of the disease more directly. On this basis, the present situation and existing problems of the in vitro and in vivo model of pulmonary arterial hypertension were discussed, in order to provide reference for the pathogenesis and clinical research of pulmonary arterial hypertension.