The applications of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique include the direct analysis of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence and cell types, and detection of gene mutation, expression and clone selection. Its application in early diagnosis of hereditary diseases has been widely used in the field of biological and medical research. PCR is a DNA amplification technique, which in the presence of DNA polymerase and dNTP, allows us to amplify specific DNA sequences in vitro, and results in increased ability to detect the target DNA sequences. The basic method consists of repetitive cycles of three reactions: denaturation, annealing and extension, each carried out at different temperatures. This article will review the principle and operation procedure of PCR, we hope to provide readers a basic understanding of this technique.