Abstract: Organ donation after citizen's death has become the main source of organ donation in China. However, the complexity of donor quality and the increasing proportion of expanded criteria donor (ECD) exert significant impact upon the availability of donor kidney and the long-term prognosis of recipients after kidney transplantation. Strengthening the quality maintenance and evaluation of donor kidney is of great significance for improving the quality of donor kidney, increasing the procurement and utilization of donor kidney and prolonging the long-term survival of recipients and kidney allografts. As one of the major approaches of organ preservation, machine perfusion preservation may not only prolong the preservation time and improve the quality of donor kidney, but also play a critical role in the repair and function evaluation of donor kidney. Based on literature review, several hot issues, corresponding treatment strategies and research progress on machine perfusion in the quality maintenance of donor kidney from organ donation after citizen's death were reviewed in this article, aiming to provide reference for selecting the optimal preservation method of donor kidney and enhancing the quality and utilization rate of ECD donor kidney.