Abstract: The treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus(GDM) involves improving the gestational outcome and preventing adult disease of fetal origin, which is required to provide an appropriate in vivo metabolic circumstance for mother and fetus. Compared with regular diabetes, the treatment of GDM has its unique characteristics. The review demonstrates the progress made on the treatment of GDM in recent years, in terms of the profit of treatment, nutritional therapy, monitoring for blood glucose and ketonuria, exercise and pharmacological therapy.