The developing course and the status quo of domestic and foreign research on theoretical models for rock blasting are presented.According to the theoretical basis of the various existent theoretical models,of which the application range and existing problems are analyzed and discussed.It is considered that all the existent models have some certain deficiencies and therefore,cannot meet the demands of the design of actual engineering blasting.On this basis,this paper brought forward some opinions on the developmental trends of theoretical models for rock blasting.