介绍了国内外锅炉受压元件强度计算的发展情况，着重讨论了我国现行的国家标准（GB9222-88）《水管锅炉受压元件强度计算》与以往标准的不同之处，并依据现行标准编制了一套电站锅炉受压元件强度计算通用软件。实例应用表明，该软件具有通用性强、精度高、速度快、使用方便等特点，易于实际推广应用。 This paper introduces the development of the compressive strength calculation of boilers at home and abroad. The current national standards (GB9222-88), “the strength calculation of pressure components in water pipe boilers” are compared with those of the past standards and are based on the current standards A Power Station Boiler Compression Element Strength Calculation General Software. The example application shows that the software has the characteristics of high versatility, high precision, fast speed and easy to use, which is easy to be popularized and applied.