Aluminum alloy drill rod has the characteristics of lightweight, high specific strength, deeper drilling depth and so on, its development and application has a great practical significance for improving geological drilling efficiency, promoting scientific drilling technological progress and reducing the energy consumption. This paper presented the current situation of batch and serialization of aluminum alloy rod development and application, and especially introduced aluminum alloy rod about its characteristics of application technology, key trial technologies, laboratory test and popularization. Based on the real drilling application and development trend, new ideas of aluminum alloy rod development for China were put forward.