Objective To establish a gas chromatog. method for the determination of residual solvent of naphazoline Hydrochloride API.Methods Gas chromatog. was performed on a capillary column with polyethylene glycol as the fixed solution, the size of which was 30 m×0.32 mm×0.5μm.The temperature was programmed: the initial temperature was 50°C, maintained for 13 min, and the temperature was raised to 200°C at a rate of 20°C/min, maintained for 3 min.Inlet temperature: 200°C; FID detector temperature: 250°C; Balance temperature of headspace bottle: 90°C, balance time: 30 min; Shunt ratio: 35:1; Carrier gas: Nitrogen; Average linear speed: 20 cm/s.Results Under the selected conditions, there is no interference in the blank and the separation degree of each residual solvent peak is good.The linear relationship of Et ether, acetone, Et acetate, methanol, isopropanol, ethanol and benzene was good in the concentration range of LOQ∼150%.The LOD were 0.26×10-3, 0.0124, 8.01×10-3, 0.227, 0.05, 0.128, 3.16×10-3 μg/mL, resp.The LOQ were 0.519×10-3, 0.0373, 0.0267, 0.682, 0.149, 0.255, 9.49×10-3 μg/mL, resp.The results of reproducibility and recovery were good.Conclusion: The method is exclusive, accurate and easy to operate.It is suitable for the determination of residual solvent of naphazoline hydrochloride.