The performance of China’s agricultural products processing industry development pattern can be evaluated through the change of total factor productivity.Based on DEA method and Malmquist index approach,this paper uses panel data of China’s agricultural product processing industry and 12 industries between 2001 and 2010 to analyze the changes of total factor productivity of China’s agricultural products processing industry in the past 10 years.The result shows that except for a few years and industries,the total factor productivity growth of China′s agricultural products processing industry is positive,the average growth is 7.7% in the past 10 years and the motive power of growth is mainly from technical advancement.Because of too much investment in fixed assets and employees,processing industry of agricultural product is still in the extensive development mode.Therefore,this paper proposes that measures should be taken to reach the intensive growth in processing industry of agricultural products from processing standardization,technological innovation,resource integration and agglomeration.