自罗马法以来,各国都在法律上设定若干制度以保护胎儿利益。但在我国,除《继承法》第28条对胎儿权益有所涉及外,法律几乎是一片空白。本文试从胎儿的性质、胎儿保护的立法例与理论依据、胎儿保护的立法完善等几个方面对未来中国的民事立法如何更加有效地保护胎儿利益进行论述,以期抛砖引玉,使学界共同关注并建构相应的符合我国国情的制度. Since the Roman law, all countries have legally set a number of systems to protect the interests of the fetus. However, in our country, except for Article 28 of the Inheritance Law that deals with the rights and interests of the fetus, the law is almost a blank. This article tries to discuss how China’s civil legislation can protect the fetus’s interests more effectively from several aspects, such as the nature of the fetus, the legislative and theoretical basis of fetus protection and the perfection of fetal protection legislation. The corresponding system in line with China’s national conditions.